Airplane Crash - Calverton, New York 08/15/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Calverton, New York
Date | 08/15/1959 |
Time | 16:42 |
Location | Calverton, New York |
Operator | American Airlines |
Flight # | 514 |
Route | Training |
Type | Boeing 707-123 |
Registration | N7514A |
Cn/In | 17641/36 |
Aboard | 5 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The crew failed to recognize and correct the development of excessive yaw which caused an unintentional rolling maneuver at an altitude too low to permit complete recovery. |
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