American Airlines Flight 514
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, followed by Flight 1502 and Flight 1.
The wreckage of N7514A at the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 15, 1959 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to improper flight controls |
| Site | Calverton, New York, US 40°56′42.83″N 72°46′45.57″W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-123 |
| Aircraft name | Flagship Connecticut |
| Operator | American Airlines |
| Registration | N7514A |
| Flight origin | Idlewild International Airport |
| Destination | Calverton Executive Airpark |
| Occupants | 5 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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