Casablanca – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse

On January 22, 1928 at 02:00 PM, Casablanca – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse experienced a crash involving Breguet 14, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near L'Hospitalet de l'Infant Catalonia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Alicante to Barcelona and while approaching Tarragona, the airplane caught fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing on a beach located in L’Hospitalet de l’Infant. The pilot escaped uninjured while the passenger died in the burned wreckage. Later, the pilot was injured while trying to save the passenger. Crew: Lorenzo Lavinal, pilot. Passenger: Mr. Dugrip-Quemel.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AHEQ, MSN 240, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9916°, 0.9217°.