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Small plane crashes into a home near Midway Airport

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The Chicago Fire Department confirms the plane crashed into the home at 6511 S. Knox Avenue just before 3 a.m. this morning (wgntv.com) और अधिक...

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STLPilot2
STLPilot2 2
This article calls the plane a "turboprop" and the NY Daily News reported it as a small jet. It is an old piston powered Commander. Doesn't this lead you to severely question the efficacy of the press.
neillaferty
Neil Laferty 1
I agree completely, especially when the photos clearly show N30MB and they could have just looked here: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30MB . And it's not as if that FAA site is some insider thing either; in a simple Google search for "lookup airplane number" it's the first result. It's not that hard to get these things right; it's as if they're not even trying.

joelwiley
joel wiley 2
Or just plug N30MB into Google.
Avi8tor2
Avi8tor2 2
I used to fly for this company several years ago and it was indeed a very old, Twin Piston, Aero Commander 500B or possibly U model aircraft. These aircraft fly really well on one engine however, I'm not going to do any "Monday morning Quarter Back" preaching. Here is a link to another article that is somewhat accurate in its details of the accident.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article3993063.html
cgalliand
Craig G 2
This is the kind of Aircraft that crashed according to the news report on Yahoo: Aero Commander 500 cargo jet. An Aero Commander 500 Jet?
I thought these were Piston Powered?
neillaferty
Neil Laferty 1
It is not surprising to me that the media would get something completely wrong in an aviation story. This was in fact a twin piston. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30MB
dllbmedia
D. Benjamin 1
Well Damn... they didnt waste time reassigning that flight number to another aero commander. The show must go on I guess..
Bernie20910
Bernie20910 1
For the media to get the facts right on this story would require practicing an ancient art that long ago fell into disuse and neglect... journalism.
neillaferty
Neil Laferty 1
From liveatc.net: http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12013.0;attach=8103
THRUSTT
THRUSTT 1
How do you listen if you're not a member?
joelwiley
joel wiley 1
The registration number is N30MB
this may be the flight:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N30MB
bovineone
Jeff Lawson 1
Looks like it was actually operating as Central Commuter flight CTL62 at the time -- http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CTL62/history/20141118/0545Z/KMDW/KOSU

We received only two actual positions for that flight, at altitudes of 77 and 117 feet.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CTL62/history/20141118/0545Z/KMDW/KOSU/tracklog
WeatherWise
WeatherWise 1
That's 77 and 117 MPH, not feet. 800 feet was the altitude.
bovineone
Jeff Lawson 1
You're correct. We should make those column header alignments less confusing :)
WeatherWise
WeatherWise 1
August 2, 2011...no, I'm thinking that's not the flight.
joelwiley
joel wiley 1
oops, my bad, shoulda looked a third time.
WeatherWise
WeatherWise 1
NTSB preliminary report states that the pilot elected to make left traffic while attempting to return to Midway. That was 3 left hand turns he made with a failed left engine. Isn't that just begging for a VMC roll? I don't get it.
westfly
kyle estep 0
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Central Air Southwest crash

A CAS AeroCommander crashed after takeoff at MDW this morning

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/11/18/small-plane-crashes-into-home-near-midway/
cgalliand
Craig G 0
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Small Plane Crashes Into Chicago Home

A small plane crashed into a Chicago home early this morning, with the pilot’s condition unknown and no one from the home believed to be injured, authorities said.

https://gma.yahoo.com/small-plane-crashes-chicago-home-114114069--abc-news-topstories.html
PilotGuy251
PilotGuy251 0
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Plane crashes into house, 8 inches from sleeping Chicago couple

CHICAGO • A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a home on Chicago's southwest side Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were asleep just inches away.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/plane-crashes-into-house-inches-from-sleeping-chicago-couple/article_9ea7a906-18b4-5420-93b5-dcdbdde7f8de.html#utm_source=stltoday&utm_campaign=/newsletters/3-o-clock-stir/new/&utm_medium=email&utm_content=featured_headline

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