American Airlines Flight 514

American Airlines Flight 514

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 / 40.9452306°N 72.7793250°W / 40.9452306; -72.7793250
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

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.