- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 15, 1959
Time: 1642
Location: Calverton, New York
Operator: American Airlines
Flight #: 514
Route: Training
AC Type: Boeing 707-123
Registration: N7514A
cn / ln: 17641/36
Aboard: 5   (passengers:0  crew:5)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:0  crew: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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