Air disaster

American Airlines Flight 514

15 Aug 1959 · 40.95° N, 72.78° W

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When
15 Aug 1959
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
40.95° N, 72.78° W
Description
1959 aviation accident

American Airlines Flight 514

1959 aviation accident on Long Island, New York

American Airlines Flight 514 was a training flight from Idlewild International Airport in Queens, New York, to the Grumman Aircraft Corporation airfield in Calverton, New York. On the afternoon of August 15, 1959, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed near the Calverton airport, killing all five crew members aboard.

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