1949 Port Washington mid-air collision

1949 mid-air collision over Port Washington, New York, United States August 2024 Pan Am Flight 100 Diagram of Pan Am Flight 100 collision.jpg Diagram of the collision showing the flight path, airspeed, and point of impact from both aircraft 1949 01 30 y Mid-air collision Accident Port Washington, North Hempstead, United States 2 33 Lockheed L-749A Constellation F-BAZY Lockheed L-749A Constellation msn 2528 Air France.jpg The Lockheed L-749A Constellation involved in the collision, now in service with Air France in 1955 Clipper Monarch of the Skies Pan American World Airways PA100 PAA100 CLIPPER 100 NC86530 LaGuardia Airport, East Elmhurst, United States Shannon Airport, Shannon, Ireland 33 23 10 0 33 Cessna 140 Restored 1946 Cessna 140 in California.JPG A Cessna 140, similar to the one involved in the collision Private NC76891 Meriden Airport,MMMA Now known as Meriden Markham Municipal Airport. Meriden, United States Meriden Airport,MMMA Now known as Meriden Markham Municipal Airport. Meriden, United States 2 1 1 2 0 40 49 44 N 73 41 12 W region:US-NY_type:city(16,000) inline,title On the afternoon of January 30, 1949, a mid-air collision occurred over downtown Port Washington, New York – a suburban community on the Cow Neck Peninsula of Long Island. Known as the 1949 Port Washington mid-air collision, the accident occurred when Pan Am Flight 100 – a scheduled passenger flight to Shannon Airport in Ireland from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, operated by Pan American World Airways using a Lockheed L-749A Constellation – collided in mid-air with a private Cessna 140. Description Flights Pan Am Flight 100 was en route to Shannon from LaGuardia Airport.February 4, 1949 Tragedy in The Air Over Beacon Hill https://portwashington.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011949-12311950&e=mid%20air&m=between&ord=e1&fn=port_washington_news_usa_new_york_port_washington_19490204_english_1&df=1&dt=2&cid=2875 March 8, 2026 The Port Washington News 1 The Cessna 140 was on a local flight from Meriden AirportMMMA in Meriden, Connecticut. Accident The Constellation sustained substantial damage but landed without casualties at Mitchel Air Force Base in the East Garden City section of nearby Uniondale, New York. The Cessna crashed, resulting in the death of the pilot and the sole passenger.https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/336470 2024-08-17 Aviation Safety Network Accident Lockheed L-749A Constellation NC86530, Sunday 30 January 1949 Debris rained down upon large swaths of Port Washington – primarily within the Beacon Hill neighborhood and in the vicinity of North Maryland Avenue, North Bayles Avenue, and Herbert Avenue. Investigation and aftermath The Civil Aeronautics Board attributed the collision to the failure of both pilots to observe and avoid each other.https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33361/dot_33361_DS1.pdf 2024-08-17 1949-10-10 Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Investigation Report: Pan American Airways, Inc. and Cessna 140 - Port Washington, Long Island, New York, January 30, 1949 Passengers and crew The pilot in command of the Constellation was George F. Knuth, who was later killed in 1963 while serving as the captain of Pan Am Flight 214.1949-01-31 https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/31/archives/2-in-tiny-plane-are-killed-as-it-rips-clipper-in-flight-damaged.html 2 in Tiny Plane Are Killed As It Rips Clipper in Flight The New York Times 2024-08-211963-12-10 https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/10/archives/list-of-victims-in-crash-crew-passengers.html List of Victims in Crash The New York Times 2024-08-21 Notable passengers aboard the Pan Am flight included English theatrical producer Harold Fielding and Laszlo Halasz, director of the New York City Opera.Lee Henry 1949-01-31 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/174956793/ Tiny Plane Hits Airliner Over L. I., 3 Killed Daily News New York 2C 2025-06-21 Newspapers.com See also List of mid-air collisions 1960 New York mid-air collision Notes References Category:Port Washington, New York Category:Cow Neck Peninsula Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation Category:Pan Am accidents and incidents Category:Airliner accidents and incidents in New York (state) Category:Aviation accidents and incidents on Long Island Category:Mid-air collisions involving airliners Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1949 Category:1949 in New York (state)