Date & Time:
Jun 8, 1934 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker
Registration:
XB-AEH
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
171
YOM:
1929
Country:
Mexico
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
6
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a taxi flight with seven passengers and one pilot. On approach, the pilot elected to avoid cows walking across the runway when he lost control of the airplane that crashed on the ground. A child was injured and seven other occupants were killed, among them the pilot Howard Fisher Maish.