| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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) |
| Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI/MDST) |
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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