XA-BEJ

On June 23, 1934 at 06:00 AM, XA-BEJ experienced a crash involving Lockheed 9 Orion, operated by Aerovias Centrales, with the event recorded near Burbank California.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The pilot, sole on board, was performing a positioning flight to Burbank Airport to pick up passengers. On final approach, he encountered foggy conditions and failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane collided with an obstacle and crashed near a fie station, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-BEJ, MSN 173, year of manufacture 1934.

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