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1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash

1955 in HawaiiAccidents and incidents involving United States Navy and Marine Corps aircraftAccidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-6Aviation accidents and incidents in HawaiiAviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1955
Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrainHonolulu County, HawaiiMarch 1955 events in the United StatesUnited States Navy in the 20th century
Douglas R6D 1 MATS in flight in the 1950s
Douglas R6D 1 MATS in flight in the 1950s

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 equalled the 11 August mid-air collision of two United States Air Force C-119G Flying Boxcars over West Germany and the 6 October United Airlines 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.

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1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash
Waianae Summit Trail, Kapolei

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N 21.4392 ° E -158.098 °
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Waianae Summit Trail
96759 Kapolei
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Douglas R6D 1 MATS in flight in the 1950s
Douglas R6D 1 MATS in flight in the 1950s
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