Incident
On January 22, 1952, American Airlines Flight 6780, operating as a Convair 240, was involved in an aviation accident near the United States. The accident resulted in 30 fatalities, making it the first fatal crash involving a Convair 240 aircraft.
Background
The flight was operated by American Airlines and carried the designator Flight 6780. The exact location of the accident is recorded only as near the United States, with no specific city or airport identified in available records.
Dataset Entry
This incident is catalogued in the Wikidata aviation-safety dataset, which tracks more than three thousand documented aircraft accidents and aviation occurrences spanning the entire history of powered and unpowered flight. Cross-referencing records like this with primary investigative sources helps researchers analyse historical safety trends and identify recurring contributing factors across eras of aviation.