Boston – Windsor Locks – Chicago – Burbank

On December 14, 1962 at 10:12 PM, Boston – Windsor Locks – Chicago – Burbank experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Flying Tiger Line, with the event recorded near Burbank California.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 160.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On December 14, 1962, at 2212 P.s.t., a Flying Tiger Line Inc., Super Constellation, N6913C, crashed about 1-1/4 miles west of the Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank California, during an ILS approach to runway 7. All five persons on board the aircraft and three persons on the ground sustained fatal injuries. The last radio communication with N6913C was the flight's acknowledgement of its radar-observed position two miles from the end of the runway on the localizer course. Twenty seconds later the aircraft crashed Into a fog-shrouded residential/industrial area.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6913C, MSN 4810, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.1812°, -118.3072°.