Chanute AFB - Chanute AFB

On December 22, 1926 at 12:00 AM, Chanute AFB - Chanute AFB experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by United States Army Air Corps - USAAC, with the event recorded near Chanute AFB (Rantoul) Illinois.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Chanute AFB on a local training mission when the aircraft collided with a USAAC Consolidated PT-1 Trusty. Registered 26-343, the Consolidated was also completing a local training mission with two pilots on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all four crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration AC-30859.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.2926°, -88.1414°.