San Diego - Burbank

On May 16, 1932 at 11:37 PM, San Diego - Burbank experienced a crash involving Boeing 40, operated by Pacific Air Transport, with the event recorded near Burbank California.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

On approach to Burbank Airport, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to the night and foggy conditions. On final, the airplane went out of control and crashed, killing all three occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC5389, MSN 1042, year of manufacture 1928.

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