| Date: | Saturday 1 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-0 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N94213 |
| MSN: | 23 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Haven Airport, CT (HVN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New Haven-Tweed Airport, CT (HVN/KHVN) |
| Bridgeport Airport, CT (BDR/KBDR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The gear was retracted before the aircraft had lifted off, causing the aircraft to slide on its belly. A small fire in the nacelle of the no. 1 engine was extinguished.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The improper technique of the captain resulting in the unintentional retraction of the landing gear prior to V 1 speed, which was made possible by a malfunctioning left gear safety switch. A contributing factor was inadequate inspection by the carrier."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (100-102)
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