Douglas DC-7 crash, Feb 8, 1965 (84 killed), Jones Beach...
Douglas DC-7 accident on February 8, 1965 near Jones Beach New York, United States with 84 fatalities. Cause: Evasive action taken by the crew to avoid...
- Date: February 8, 1965
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
- Location: Jones Beach New York, United States
- Fatalities: 84
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Evasive action taken by the crew to avoid an apparent collision with Pan Am Flight 212, an illusion of a collision track created in darkness.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 663, a Douglas DC7B, took off from New York JFK bound for Richmond and crashed into the Atlantic off Jones Beach shortly after departure, killing all 84 aboard. The CAB found that the crew's evasive maneuvers to avoid an apparent collision with Pan Am Flight 212 put the aircraft in an unusual attitude the crew could not recover from.