ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336794
Date: | Sunday 11 January 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
Registration: | HI-6 |
MSN: | 4735 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Yamasá -
Dominican Republic
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Barahona-Maria Montez International Airport (BRX/MDBH) |
Destination airport: | Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI/MDST) |
Narrative:The B.B.C. Santiago baseball team was returning home from playing matches in Barahona. The C-47 entered severe weather and the pilot attempted to divert to the capital city Ciudad Trujillo- today Santo Domingo. The aircraft flew into the side of mountain.
The official inquiry into this accident stated that contributing factors to the tragedy were the weather, and a pilot's navigational error when approaching the high mountain range in the middle of the island.
Sources:
The Tragedy of HI-6 / By Porfirio Nouel (LAAHS USA)
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11 January 1945 |
41-38632 |
United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
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Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV) |
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