Airplane Crash - Chicago, Illinois 12/27/1968
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Chicago, Illinois
| Date | 12/27/1968 |
| Time | 20:22 |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Operator | North Central Airlines |
| Flight # | 458 |
| Route | Minneapolis - Chicago - Milwaukee |
| Type | Convair CV-580 |
| Registration | N2045 |
| Cn/In | 369 |
| Aboard | 45 |
| Fatalities | 27 |
| Ground | 1 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed during an instrument approach after a go-around, nearly inverted, into a hangar. Spacial disorientation of the crew precipitated by refraction of the landing or approach lights during transition from flying IFR to visual reference to the ground. |
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