Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation crash, Nov 24, 1959 (11 killed)
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation accident on November 24, 1959 near Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States with 11 fatalities. Cause: Maneuvering in...
- Date: November 24, 1959
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
- Location: Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Maneuvering in the turn to final approach produced a rate of sink from which recovery was not possible
TWA Flight 595, a cargo Super Constellation, took off from Midway before dawn and reported a fire warning on engine No. 2, which was shut down, so the crew returned to land. In a steep banked turn to final approach the aircraft developed a high sink rate and crashed into a residential area short of the runway. All three crew and eight people on the ground died. The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the maneuvering in the turn for an unrecoverable sink rate.