Airplane Crash - Hakalau, Hawaii 04/28/1982
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Hakalau, Hawaii
| Date | 04/28/1982 |
| Time | 21:34 |
| Location | Hakalau, Hawaii |
| Operator | Air Taxi |
| Route | Hilo, HI - Honalulu, HI |
| Type | Beechcraft E18S |
| Registration | N6911 |
| Aboard | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft departed Hilo on the last leg of a 3rd flight. A few minutes after takeoff, the pilot called the tower to ask for a 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. Reason for occurrence undetermined. |
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