Douglas DC-6 crash, Jun 6, 1979, Charleston-Yaeger (Kanaw...
Douglas DC-6 accident on June 6, 1979 near Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States with no fatalities.
- Date: June 6, 1979
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A DC-6 on an illegal smuggling flight carrying roughly 20,000 lb of marijuana landed at Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, shortly after midnight. It touched down too fast, could not stop on the short runway, overran it and came to rest in a fire. The three crew were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.