Hilo - Honolulu

On April 29, 1982 at 09:34 PM, Hilo - Honolulu experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Island Airlines, with the event recorded near Hakalau Hawaii.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Hilo on the last leg of a three flight. A few minutes after takeoff, the pilot called the tower to ask for return and indicated he had a difficulty. No further transmission was made. Witnesses heard intermittent engine sputtering and then the whine of a high speed dive. The aircraft impacted in a sugar cane field at a steep angle. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6911, MSN BA-445, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.8978°, -155.1270°.