Plane Crash in Chicago Near Midway International Airport was Aero Commander 500-B

A pilot is dead after losing control and crashed into a suburban Chicago home with two occupants inside. The homeowners were found unharmed at the scene.

Chicago police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:48 a.m. Tuesday to a plane crash at 6511 South Knox Avenue. The aircraft crashed just after takeoff from runway 13C (Runway 13C/31C) in a northwest-to-southwest direction.

Firefighters first on the scene reported that a small aircraft crashed into a 1 1/2 story home. The crash site is located about three blocks east and two blocks south of Runway 13C/31C at Midway International Airport. Two residents in the home escaped with the help of a neighbor and are reported to be safe. Firefighters were searching for the pilot — believed to be the only person onboard the aircraft.

Firefighters staged at 65th Street and Cicero Avenue.

The aircraft that crashed is a fixed-wing twin engine Aero Commander 500-B manufactured in 1964. The aircraft is believed to have been scheduled to fly to Chicago Executive Airport in Prospect Heights/Wheeling and then on to Ohio State University.

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