Lockheed L-188 Electra crash, Aug 6, 1962, Knoxville Tenn...

Lockheed L-188 Electra accident on August 6, 1962 near Knoxville Tennessee, United States with no fatalities.

American Airlines Flight 414, a Lockheed L 188 Electra N6102A on a Dallas to New York service, landed in thunderstorms and heavy rain at Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport. The aircraft veered off runway 4L, struck a newly built taxiway and lost its right main landing gear and right wing, and all but one of the 72 people aboard escaped injury.

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