History: New York Air Disaster, 1960, New York City, United States

Trans World Airlines Flight 266, Star of Sicily, registration N6907C, was a Lockheed Super Constellation en route from Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, to New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Accident
The United plane was supposed to have been circling a point called "Preston" (near South Amboy, New Jersey) at an altitude of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) at no more than 240 miles per hour (390 km/h). United later said that a ground beacon was not working (pilots testified on both sides of the issue).