Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation crash, Dec 4, 1965 (4 killed)
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation accident on December 4, 1965 near Carmel New York, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: Optical illusion and...
- Date: December 4, 1965
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
- Location: Carmel New York, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Optical illusion and pilot error
Eastern Air Lines Flight 853, a Lockheed Super Constellation from Boston to Newark, and TWA Flight 42, a Boeing 707 from San Francisco to New York, collided in mid air near the Carmel VORTAC on 4 December 1965. The TWA jet landed safely at JFK, while the Constellation made an emergency landing on a hillside near Carmel, and four people on the Constellation were killed.