1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash
A U.S. Navy R6D-1 Liftmaster, similar to the accident aircraft, operating for the Military Air Transportation Service in the 1950s | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 22, 1955 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Pali Kea Peak, Waianae Range, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, United States 21°26′21″N 158°05′53″W / 21.4392°N 158.098°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster |
| Operator | United States Navy for Military Air Transport Service |
| Registration | BuNo 131612 |
| Flight origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Last stopover | Hickam Air Force Base, Territory of Hawaii |
| Destination | Travis Air Force Base, California |
| Occupants | 66 |
| Passengers | 57 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 66 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash was an accident involving a Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster of the United States Navy which crashed into a mountain peak in Hawaii on 22 March 1955, killing all 66 people on board. At the time, it was the worst crash involving any variant of the Douglas DC-6 airliner the second-worst aviation accident in U.S. history, and one of the worst air accidents anywhere in history, and it equaled the 11 August mid-air collision of two United States Air Force C-119G Flying Boxcars over West Germany and the 6 October United Air Lines Flight 409 crash as the deadliest air accident of 1955. It remains the worst air disaster in the history of Hawaii and the deadliest accident involving a heavier-than-air aircraft in the history of United States naval aviation.