Convair CV-240 crash, Jan 22, 1952 (30 killed), Elizabeth...
Convair CV-240 accident on January 22, 1952 near Elizabeth New Jersey, United States with 30 fatalities. Cause: Not determined.
- Date: January 22, 1952
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: Elizabeth New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 30
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined
American Airlines Flight 6780, a Convair CV-240, flew from Buffalo via Rochester and Syracuse toward Newark on 22 January 1952. It drifted left of the approach course in low cloud and drizzle, then crashed and burned on houses in Elizabeth, New Jersey, about three miles short of runway 06. All 23 aboard and seven people on the ground were killed.