Boeing 737-200 crash, Dec 8, 1972 (45 killed), Chicago-Mi...
Boeing 737-200 accident on December 8, 1972 near Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States with 45 fatalities. Cause: The captain failed to manage the...
- Date: December 8, 1972
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 45
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain failed to manage the flight properly during the approach, which let airspeed fall into the stall regime, as found by the NTSB.
United Flight 553 was on an instrument approach to Chicago Midway when its airspeed decayed to the stall near the ground. The 737 hit trees and houses short of the runway and 45 people were killed.