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Crash of a Dornier DO J Wal near Chokurdakh
Date & Time:
Sep 25, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-N238
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kresty Kolymsky – Chokurdakh – Uelen – Anadyr – Krasnoyarsk
MSN:
99
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Kresty Kolymski to Chokurdakh, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The crew made an emergency landing in the tundra in the region of Chokurdakh. There were no casualties and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal in Ribnitz-Pütnitz
Date & Time:
Sep 4, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
PD+AP
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
709
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. Oblt Pusch +1 were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal on Mapia Island: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 14, 1939 at 0800 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-36
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
31
YOM:
1925
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The float plane departed Ambon with six crew members on board. In unknown circumstances, it clipped trees and crashed in a wooded area located on Mapia Island (Bras Island). A crew member was killed and five others were injured.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal off Ibiza
Date & Time:
Jan 30, 1938
Operator:
Registration:
70-10
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
A malfunction of the fuel pressure system caused the engines to fail. The crew was forced to ditch the airplane off the island of Ibiza on rough sea. After landing, the aircraft was throw to the shore by strong winds and was destroyed. All five crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Cpt De La Puente,
Lt Lerdo de Tejada,
Alf Terrades,
Sgt Vazquez Fariñas
Sgt Fadón.
Crew:
Cpt De La Puente,
Lt Lerdo de Tejada,
Alf Terrades,
Sgt Vazquez Fariñas
Sgt Fadón.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing following engine failure caused by the malfunction of the fuel pressure system.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal off Ambon
Date & Time:
Dec 27, 1937 at 0845 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-10
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5
YOM:
1924
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The float plane went out of control and crashed upon landing off Ambon. All three crew members evacuated safely.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal off Cabrera Island
Date & Time:
Jul 30, 1936
Operator:
Registration:
D-1
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The float plane was engaged on a bombing mission over Palma de Mallorca, carrying six crew members. While approaching the island of Cabrera, the airplane was hit by light firearms, forcing the crew to ditch. While trying to reach the shore, the crew was forced to abandon the airplane that sank. All six occupants were taken PoW.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal off Gibraltar: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 25, 1936
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The float plane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Alboran Sea when it was shot down by the pilot of a Spanish National Nieuport 52 and crashed into the sea off Gibraltar. All four crew members were killed.
Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal IId 16a-Bis off Ijmuiden: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 3, 1936
Registration:
D-ABAU
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lübeck - Lübeck
MSN:
247
YOM:
1934
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a test flight out from Lübeck-Travemünde. While flying along the Dutch coast, the crew encountered problems and lost control of the float plane that crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off Ijmuiden. Quickly on site, the crew of two Belgian and Dutch ships were able to evacuate three crewmen while the fourth was killed. The aircraft sank and was lost.
