Vickers Viscount crash, Feb 20, 1956, Chicago-Midway Illi...
Vickers Viscount accident on February 20, 1956 near Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Faulty propeller control switches.
- Date: February 20, 1956
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Faulty propeller control switches
Capital Airlines flight 141 landed about 400 feet short of the runway at Chicago Midway and the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft skidded on snow and ice and its fuselage broke open, but all 42 people on board were unhurt.