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Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Echterspfahl: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1932 at 1329 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
D-724
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Nuremberg – Frankfurt
MSN:
696
YOM:
1923
Location:
Echterspfahl
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Nuremberg Airport at 1155LT on a flight to Frankfurt, carrying three passengers and two crew members. While approaching Frankfurt, the aircraft was flying low in clouds when it impacted trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located in Echterspfahl, some 56 km southeast of Frankfurt Airport. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Schulz,
Mr. Frank.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Grado: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
I-BAJO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Venice - Trieste
MSN:
OTV/2
Location:
Grado
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from Venice to Trieste, weather conditions deteriorated with thunderstorm. The pilot apparently attempted to ditch the airplane off Grado when it impacted the harbor wall and crashed. The mechanic and a passenger were killed while the pilot and a second passenger were seriously injured.

Crash of a Junkers F.13ge in Otrokovice: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1932 at 0558 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
D-1608
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Executive/Corporate/Business
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Otrokovice – Basel
MSN:
2037
YOM:
1930
Location:
Otrokovice
Zlín Region (Zlínský kraj)
Country:
Czech Republic
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Otrokovice-Letiště Baťov Airport at 0550LT bound for Basel, Switzerland, with one pilot and one passenger on board. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot lost his orientation due to foggy conditions and maybe elected to return. Eight minutes after takeoff, the airplane crashed in a field located 2 km from the airport, broken in two and partially destroyed. Both occupants were killed. The passenger was Tomáš Bata, a Czech entrepreneur, founder of the Bata Shoes Company, one of the world's biggest multinational retailer, manufacturer and distributor of footwear and accessories. He was flying to Basel to visit one of his factory based in Möhlin, Argau. The aircraft was flying with the title 'Deutsche Schuh AG Berlin'.
Crew:
Jindrich Broucek, pilot.
Passenger:
Tomáš Bata.

Crash of a Junkers F.13s off Visakhapatnam

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Hans Bertram
Registration:
D-2151
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Colombo – Calcutta
MSN:
2042
YOM:
1930
Location:
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
Country:
India
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Colombo on a flight to Calcutta. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy monsoon rain falls. The crew decided to ditch the aircraft off Visakhapatnam. The aircraft sank and all three crew members were rescued by the crew of the British steamer 'Clan Macgillivary'.
Crew:
Hans Bertram, pilot,
Mr. Schonger,
Mr. Klausmann, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers F.13fe on Mt Krottenkopf: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
A-3
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Vienna - Innsbruck – Zurich
MSN:
575
YOM:
1920
Location:
Mt Krottenkopf
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route from Innsbruck to Zurich, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions. In low visibility due to clouds, the single engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Krottenkopf located about 7 km northwest of Wallgau. The wreckage was found two days later. The pilot named Stoisavljevic was killed.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Weiler-Simmerberg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
A-95
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Innsbruck – Zurich
MSN:
688
YOM:
1923
Location:
Weiler-Simmerberg
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route from Innsbruck to Zurich (Dübendorf), the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft impacted terrain and came to rest almost upside down. Both passengers were injured and the pilot Gustav Rubritius was killed.

Crash of a Junkers F.13ge in Meopham: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1930 at 1435 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Walcot Air Line
Registration:
G-AAZK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Le Touquet – Croydon
MSN:
2052
YOM:
1930
Location:
Meopham
Kent
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Le Touquet on a taxi flight to Croydon, carrying four passengers and a crew of two. While cruising above Kent, the single engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a near vertical attitude in a private garden located in Meopham, some five miles south of Gravesend. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.
Crew:
George Lochart Henderson, pilot
Charles d'Urban Shearing, copilot.
Passengers:
Mr. Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava,
Mrs. Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Viscountess Ednam,
Mr. Edward Simons Ward,
Mrs. Sigrid Loeffler.
Probable cause:
The Head of the Aeronautical Research Commission (ACR) Major Cooper believes that the lost of the cover of the engine might well be the reason for the accident. An aeronautical research committee attributed the crash to buffeting, or irregular oscillation, of the horizontal stabilizer of G-AAZK. This condition itself apparently resulted from wake ‘eddies’ produced by air flowing over the relatively thick main wing of the Junkers. Ultimately, the oscillation led to the separation of the port stabilizer/elevator assembly, then the entire empennage, after which the port wing broke off and the nose/power plant section separated. The Germans on the other hand discounted this theory and seemed to imply that the crash may have been due to pilot error and/or the weather conditions.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 off Dalarö: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
3
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
690
YOM:
1923
Location:
Dalarö
Södermanland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in an ambulance flight and departed Hägernäs Airbase (north of Stockholm) in the day, bound for the south. While cruising over the region of Dalarö, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion. Equipped with floats, the aircraft was preparing for landing when it stalled and crashed in the sea. Four occupants were rescued while a passenger drowned.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by a fuel shortage and the aircraft stalled on approach because it was overloaded.

Crash of a Junkers F.13f1d in Idstein

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1930 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers F.13
Operator:
Registration:
D-422
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Frankfurt – Cologne
MSN:
699
YOM:
1925
Location:
Idstein
Hesse
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Frankfurt Airport at 0825LT on an ambulance flight to Cologne, carrying one nurse and one pilot. About 35 minutes after takeoff, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to thick fog. He attempted an emergency landing when the airplane impacted trees and crashed in the forest of Frauenwald located near Idstein. The aircraft named 'Eiderente' was destroyed and both occupants were injured.
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