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
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.

The Tragedy of HI-6 / By Porfirio Nouel (LAAHS USA)

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