San Jose - Honolulu

On November 4, 1979 at 03:29 PM, San Jose - Honolulu experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by Polynesian Air-Ways, with the event recorded near Pacific Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from San Jose to Honolulu on a delivery flight, the pilot informed ATC about an engine failure and elected to ditch the airplane about 1,500 km northwest of Honolulu. The aircraft came to rest in water and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N145DC, MSN AF-564, year of manufacture 1953.