British Ac 1-11 N1547

25 February 1966 · Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 25 February 1966 at about 14:18 local time, a British Ac 1-11 registered N1547, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States. 57 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 February 1966 at 14:18
Classification: Incident
Location: Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: O, Hare Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: British Ac 1-11
Registration: N1547
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Braniff Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0010

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
57	1	0	0	56

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CAPTAIN SUSTAINED A FATAL HEART ATTACK DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0010, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Aug 1966	British Ac 1-11	Falls City Neb no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
19 Aug 1965	British Ac 1-11 N1544	Corpus Christ Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1967	British Ac 1-11 N5022	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Jun 1967	British Ac 1-11 N1116J	Blossburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Mohawk Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	34
29 Feb 1968	British Ac 1-11 N5032	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
20 Dec 1970	British Ac 1-11 N1542	Okla.city, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

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