# NTSB UNK65X0314: Douglas DC-6B, N93130, Hector, CA, October 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 18, 1964
- Place: Hector, CA · HECTOR, CA
- Location: 34.8039° N, 116.4525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hector, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8039&lon=-116.4525&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 87 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0314
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0314

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0069  64/10/18 NR.HECTOR CALIF       DOUGLAS DC-6B       CR-  1  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1115                    N93130              PX-  0  0 83                            44, 14790 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            192 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93130](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93130-1965-08-12), registration cancelled 1965-08-12, S/N 45535 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6B
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (registry code 3021712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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