American Airlines Flight 6780
American Airlines Flight 6780 was the first fatal crash of a Convair 240, occurred on January 22, 1952. The twin-propeller aircraft was on the routing Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse-Newark. On final approach to runway 6 at Newark Airport using the instrument landing system, it crashed at 3:45 p.m. into a house at the intersection of Williamson and South Streets, in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of Newark. The cause of the crash was never determined.
primaryTopic
American Airlines Flight 6780
American Airlines Flight 6780 was the first fatal crash of a Convair 240, occurred on January 22, 1952. The twin-propeller aircraft was on the routing Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse-Newark. On final approach to runway 6 at Newark Airport using the instrument landing system, it crashed at 3:45 p.m. into a house at the intersection of Williamson and South Streets, in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of Newark. The cause of the crash was never determined.
has abstract
American Airlines Flight 6780 ...... g from Los Angeles to Seattle.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
21,678,506
Wikipage revision ID
740,225,215
aircraft type
Caption
An American Airlines CV-240 similar to the accident aircraft
date
1952-01-22
destination
fatalities
last stopover
name
American Airlines Flight 6780
occurrence type
operator
origin
passengers
site
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
stopover
summary
CFIT on approach; cause undetermined
survivors
subject
hypernym
point
40.6579 -74.2144
type
comment
American Airlines Flight 6780 ...... he crash was never determined.
@en
label
American Airlines Flight 6780
@en
lat
4.06579e+1
long
-7.42144e+1
