Luke Field - Luke Field

On November 23, 1925 at 12:00 AM, Luke Field - Luke Field experienced a crash involving Martin NBS-1 (MB-2), operated by United States Army Air Service - USAAS, with the event recorded near Waimea Hawaii.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Luke Field on a local flight over Oahu Island. En route, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The crew elected to ditch the airplane that crashed in the Waimea Bay. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration AS-68461.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.0205°, -155.6639°.