Pan Am Flight 100
Pan Am Flight 100 was a scheduled passenger flight from La Guardia Airport to Shannon Airport operated by Pan American World Airways on 30 January 1949 with a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, collided in mid-air over Port Washington, New York, with a Cessna 140 that was on a local flight from Meriden Airport. The Constellation sustained substantial damage but landed without casualties at Mitchel Air Force Base. The Cessna crashed, resulting in the death of the pilot and the sole passenger. The Civil Aeronautics Board attributed the collision to the failure of both pilots to observe and avoid each other.