Buffalo – Rochester – Syracuse – Newark

On January 22, 1952 at 03:44 PM, Buffalo – Rochester – Syracuse – Newark experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by American Airlines, with the event recorded near Elizabeth New Jersey.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

23 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 130.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 18, other fatalities: 7.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Newark was completed in marginal weather conditions with a ceiling at 400 feet and a 3/4 mile visibility. For unknown reason, the aircraft deviated from the approach path to the left and, in a relative flat attitude, hit an obstacle and eventually crashed in flames on several houses located in the city of Elizabeth, about three miles from runway 06 threshold. All 23 occupants on board the aircraft and seven people in the ground were killed while nine others were injured. Few houses were destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N94229, MSN 54, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6640°, -74.2107°.