| Date: | Monday 19 September 1960 |
| Time: | 06:02 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A/B |
| Owner/operator: | World Airways |
| Registration: | N90779 |
| MSN: | 44914/646 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12746 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 94 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,7 km NE of Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) -
 Guam
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) |
| Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
World Airways Flight 830 was a passenger flight on behalf of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service. The flight originated at Clark Air Force Base, Philippine Islands, and departed there at 18:57 Guam time on September 18, 1960, and arrived at Agana Naval Air Station, Guam, at 01:50 on September 19, 1960. The flight was to continuation to Wake Island, Honolulu, and Travis Air Force Base, California.
The Douglas DC-6 took off from Guam-Agana NAS runway 05L at 06:00 for a night-time VFR flight. The plane made a right turn after takeoff and climbed continuously until striking Mount Barrigada.
The plane struck the mountain 300 feet above airfield elevation and slid into thick underbrush cutting a swath for nearly 1000 feet before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to comply with published departure procedures applicable to runway 6 left and 6 right."
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