Chicago

The pilot, sole on board, departed Los Angeles on a flight to Chicago, the aircraft having to be delivered to its new owner, the General Tire & Rubber Company. While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 feet, weather conditions deteriorated with thunderstorm activity. Due to severe turbulences, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and disintegrated. The pilot Virgil Cline was killed.

The crew was completing a local test flight at Chicago Airport. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all three occupants were injured.

On a mail flight from Chicago to Cleveland, the pilot encountered a snowstorm when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

En route from Cleveland to Chicago, the pilot encountered icing conditions and decided to abandon the airplane and to bail out. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed while the pilot was uninjured.

The pilot Charles Lindbergh was performing a mail flight from Peoria to Chicago. En route, weather conditions worsened and he lost his orientation. Few minutes later, fuel exhausted and he eventually took the decision to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed in a corn field. While the aircraft was destroyed, the aviator was unhurt.

The pilot named 'Partridge' was performing this first mail flight (route CAM-9) from Minneapolis to Chicago. This was the inaugural flight. Shortly after takeoff from Minneapolis-World Chamberlain Field, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Mendota, east of the airport. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed. As result of this accident, the traffic was suspended on the evening of 07JUN1926 and the service started again on 01OCT1926. The aircraft was owned by Charles Dickinson and piloted by Mr. Partridge.

While cruising at low altitude on a mail flight from Chicago to Bryan, the single engine aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. Sole on board, the pilot Arthur R. Smith was killed.

En route from Chicago to Omaha, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. He abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in Kaneville. The pilot died as his parachute failed to open.

En route from Cleveland to Chicago, the pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Castalia, bursting into flames. The pilot was seriously injured but died from his injuries few hours later.

En route from Cleveland to Chicago, the engine failed. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with a steel tower and crashed. The pilot, sole on board, was seriously injured and died from his injuries few hours later.