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    ff . ite ~{ * CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Fle No 2-007 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT ‘OPTED: May 6, 1961 RELEASED. Mey 12, 1961 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., LOGKHEED CONSTELLATION L-10,9H, N 102R, MIDJAY AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 24, 1959 siNopsts Nw On November 24, 1959, at approximately 0535 c. s. t., 3 Lockheed Constellation, W102, Flaght 595, operated by Prans ford Airianes, Inc., 2rashed onto a resi- dentaal area acout one-fourth of 2 mle southeast of Madway Airport, Chicago, VIanors, ki1lang all persons aocard, demolishing the sircraft, and fatally anjuring eaght persons on the ground. Flaght 595, loaded with cargo, took off on runway 31L of Madway at approxz~ nately 0531 c s t., November 22, 1959, bound for Los Angeles, Saliformia. As the aircrafs begsn a lec turn, tne crew notified Madwey Tower they had received a fire warning on the No 2 engane and had shut rt down. They also informed the soner the flight would revurn and lend, The eircraft proceeded an = contanuing left turn around the airport an an elliptical pattern and below the clouds which vere based at an altatude of 500 to 600 feet. In the turn to final approach to runway 31 the aarcraft bankea an excess of 45 degrees during whach 1t developed an excessive rate of sink. When the aarcraft reached tne tops of the trees 1ts wings were nearly level and 14s nose was raised am a clambing attatude; however, the descent continued ‘The wing flaps were being retracted durang the last 5 to 10 seconds of the final descert and were found to be symmetrically extended at 24 percent upon impact. It 25 the conclusion of the Board that this accident «as tne consequence of menewering the aircraft durang the turn to fanal approach in such a manner as to cause a rate of sink from which recovery was not possable. Investagation ‘Trans World Airlines Flight 595 of November 24, 1959, wes 8 scheduied cargo flight from Madway Aarport, Chacago, Tllimcis, tc Los angeles, Ga-afornza, and the sirereft assigned was a Constellation, model 1~10A9H, seraal number 1252, N 10

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