List of all major incidents at MDW Date Registration Aircraft Carrier Location Summary May 31, 1936 NC14979 DC-2 Trans World Airlines - On approach to the west airstrip (later designated Runway 27L), 1 engine out, strong gusts, crashed half a mile east of field. All survived. December 4, 1940 NC25678 DC-3A United Airlines 6356 S. Keating Ave.