American Airlines Flight 514
1959 in New York (state)Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707Airliner accidents and incidents in New York CityAmerican Airlines accidents and incidentsAviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1959
American Airlines Flight 514 was a training flight from Idlewild International Airport, to the Grumman Aircraft Corp. airfield. On the afternoon of August 15, 1959, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed near the Calverton airport, killing all five crew members aboard. This was the first accident to involve a Boeing 707, which had only gone into service in October of the previous year, and the first of three accidents involving American's 707s in the New York area within three years.
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