Travis – Hickam – Wake Island – Tachikawa

On September 9, 1958 at 12:00 AM, Travis – Hickam – Wake Island – Tachikawa experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Flying Tiger Line, with the event recorded near Mt Oyama Kanto.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a flight from Travis AFB to Tachikawa AFB with intermediate stops at Hickam Field and Wake Island, carrying a load of various goods. While approaching Tachikawa AFB in poor weather conditions, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Oyama (1,252 metres high) located 24 km west of the airbase. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6920C, MSN 4822, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.3754°, 139.8639°.