[PAR] [TLE] Crash Landing (1958 film) [SEP] Crash Landing (aka Rescue at Sea) is a 1958 dramatic, "disaster" film directed by Fred F. Sears, starring Gary Merrill and Nancy Reagan.  This was the last film in which Nancy Reagan (billed as Nancy Davis) appeared, though she continued to work in television for some years thereafter.  "Crash Landing" was based on Pan Am Flight 6, a real-life ditching at sea. [PAR] [TLE] Pan Am Flight 6 [SEP] Pan Am Flight 6 (registration N90943, and sometimes erroneously called Flight 943) was an around-the-world airline flight that ditched in the Pacific Ocean on October 16, 1956, after two of its four engines failed.  Flight 6 left Philadelphia as a DC-6B and flew westward on a planned multi-stop trip.  It stopped at San Francisco International Airport, then flew onward to Honolulu.  On the evening of October 15, 1956, the flight left Honolulu on a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser named "Clipper Sovereign Of The Skies" (Pan Am fleet number 943, registered N90943).  The accident was the basis for the 1958 film "Crash Landing".
[PAR] [TLE] Crash Landing ( 1958 film ) [ SEP ] Crash Landing ( aka Rescue at Sea ) is a 1958 dramatic , " disaster " film directed by Fred F. Sears , starring Gary Merrill and Nancy Reagan . This was the last film in which Nancy Reagan ( billed as Nancy Davis ) appeared , though she continued to work in television for some years thereafter . " Crash Landing " was based on Pan Am Flight 6 , a real - life ditching at sea . [PAR] [TLE] Pan Am Flight 6 [ SEP ] Pan Am Flight 6 ( registration N90943 , and sometimes erroneously called Flight 943 ) was an around - the - world airline flight that ditched in the Pacific Ocean on October 16 , 1956 , after two of its four engines failed . Flight 6 left Philadelphia as a DC-6B and flew westward on a planned multi - stop trip . It stopped at San Francisco International Airport , then flew onward to Honolulu . On the evening of October 15 , 1956 , the flight left Honolulu on a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser named " Clipper Sovereign Of The Skies " ( Pan Am fleet number 943 , registered N90943 ) . The accident was the basis for the 1958 film " Crash Landing " .
Crash Landing, is a 1958 dramatic, "disaster" film directed by Fred F. Sears, and was based on Pan Am Flight 6, was an around-the-world airline flight that ditched in the Pacific Ocean on which date, after two of its four engines failed?
Crash Landing , is a 1958 dramatic , " disaster " film directed by Fred F. Sears , and was based on Pan Am Flight 6 , was an around - the - world airline flight that ditched in the Pacific Ocean on which date , after two of its four engines failed ?
October 16, 1956
October 16, 1956