Santa Cruz de Barahona – Santiago de los Caballeros

On January 11, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Santa Cruz de Barahona – Santiago de los Caballeros experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Dominicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Yamasá Monte Plata.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 32 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: 30, passenger fatalities: 30, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after its departure from Santa Cruz de Barahona Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to modify his route, diverting to Ciudad Trujillo, the capital city. While cruising about 20 km north of Ciudad Trujillo in low visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed near Yamasá. All 32 occupants were killed, among them members of the baseball team of Santiago returning home.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-6, MSN 4735, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.7698°, -70.0249°.