 The crash site of the United Airlines DC-8, United 826, in Park Slope, Brooklyn | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 16, 1960 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Miller Field, Near New York City, U.S. 40°34′07″N 74°07′19″W / 40.56861°N 74.12194°W |
| Total fatalities | 134 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
.jpg) A United Airlines Douglas DC-8, similar to the aircraft involved. | |
| Type | Douglas DC-8-11 |
| Name | Mainliner Will Rogers |
| Operator | United Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | UA826 |
| ICAO flight No. | UAL826 |
| Call sign | UNITED 826 |
| Registration | N8013U |
| Flight origin | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL |
| Destination | Idlewild Airport, New York City |
| Occupants | 84 |
| Passengers | 77 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 84 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
 N6907C, the Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation involved | |
| Type | Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation |
| Name | Star of Sicily |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TW266 |
| ICAO flight No. | TWA266 |
| Call sign | TWA 266 |
| Registration | N6907C |
| Flight origin | Dayton International Airport, Dayton, Ohio |
| Stopover | Port Columbus International Airport, Ohio |
| Destination | LaGuardia Airport, New York |
| Occupants | 44 |
| Passengers | 39 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 44 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 6 |
On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 bound for Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York City collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending toward LaGuardia Airport.[1] The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in the history of United Airlines. (United Airlines Flight 175, with close to 1000 total deaths, is excluded as the flight crashed not by accident but due to a terrorist attack.)[2]
The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash[3] after the two crash sites. The accident was also the first hull loss and first fatal accident involving a Douglas DC-8.[4][5]
- ^ "United Airlines Inc., DC-8, N8013U, and Trans World Airlines, Inc., Constellation 1049A, N6907C, Near Staten Island, New York, December 16, 1960" (PDF). archive.org. Civil Aeronautics Board. 18 June 1962. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident United Airlines UA175, NY". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Park Slope Plane Crash". The New York Times. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-11 N8013U New York, NY". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation N6907C Miller Army Air Station, NY". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 28 February 2020.