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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3,7 km NE of Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) -
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) |
Destination airport: | Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | File No. 1-0029 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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