New York - Guatemala City - Punta Arenas

On February 16, 1938 at 12:00 AM, New York - Guatemala City - Punta Arenas experienced a crash involving Caudron C.635 Simoun, operated by Private French, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a flight from New York to Punta Arenas, south Chile. While taking off from Guatemala City Airport, the aircraft was unable to gain height, stalled and crashed in a field past the runway end. Both aviators were injured and aircraft was destroyed. Crew: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pilot, André Prévot, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ANXK, MSN 7088.15, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.5822°, -90.5290°.