American Airlines Flight 1 was a domestic, scheduled passenger flight from New York International (Idlewild) Airport (now
John F. Kennedy International Airport), to
Los Angeles International Airport. On March 1, 1962, the plane – having just taken off two minutes earlier – rolled over and crashed into a swamp, killing all 87 passengers and eight crew members aboard. A
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) investigation determined that a manufacturing defect in the
automatic pilot system led to an uncommanded rudder control system input, causing the accident.