1960 New York mid-air collision
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 December 1960 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | About a mile west of Miller Field 40°34′07″N 74°07′19″W / 40.56861°N 74.12194°WCoordinates: 40°34′07″N 74°07′19″W / 40.56861°N 74.12194°W |
| Total fatalities | 134 (133 initially, including 6 on the ground) |
| Total injuries (non-fatal) | 0 (1 initially) |
| Total survivors | 0 (1 initially) |
| First aircraft | |
 N8010U, a sister-ship to the accident aircraft |
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| Type | Douglas DC-8-11 |
| Name | Mainliner Will Rogers |
| Operator | United Airlines |
| Registration | N8013U |
| Flight origin | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD/KORD), IL |
| Destination | Idlewild Airport (IDL/KIDL)(Now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York City |
| Passengers | 77 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 84 (83 initially) |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 (1 initially) |
| Survivors | 0 (1 initially) |
| Second aircraft | |
_C-121_Constellation_commercial_airliner_aircraft_taxies_on_the_runway_at_Barksdale_Air_Force_Base_(AFB)_Louisiana_(LA).JPEG) N6937C, an air-worthy restored L-1049H Super Constellation , wearing TWA livery. |
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| Type | Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation |
| Name | Star of Sicily |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| Registration | N6907C |
| Flight origin | Dayton International Airport (DAY/KDAY), Dayton, Ohio |
| Stopover | Port Columbus International Airport (CMH/KCMH), Ohio |
| Destination | LaGuardia Airport KLGA New York |
| Passengers | 39 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 44 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8, bound for Idlewild Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International airport) in New York City, collided with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending into the city's LaGuardia Airport. One plane crashed on Staten Island, the other into Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 people on both aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident became known also as the Park Slope plane crash. On Staten Island, it became known as the Miller Field crash.
At the time the death toll was the highest for a commercial aviation accident, and remained so until 1968.
United Airlines Flight 826, Mainliner Will Rogers, registration N8013U, was a DC-8-11 carrying 84 people en route from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Idlewild Airport. The DC-8 model had entered commercial service only 15 months earlier, with United as one of its launch customers. On Flight 826, the flight crew consisted of Captain Robert Sawyer, First Officer Robert Fieberg, Flight Engineer Richard Pruitt, Stewardess Annabelle Marie Bothun, Stewardess Augustine Ferrer, Stewardess Patricia Keller, and Stewardess Mary Mahoney.
Trans World Airlines Flight 266, Star of Sicily, registration N6907C, was a Super Constellation carrying 44 people en route from Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, to LaGuardia Airport in Jamaica, Queens. The flight crew of Flight 266 was Captain David Wollam, First Officer Dean Bowen, Flight Engineer LeRoy Rosenthal, Stewardess Margaret Gernat, and Stewardess Patrice Post.
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