Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge on Mt Chilligua: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OA-HHB
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Arequipa – La Paz – Santa Cruz
MSN:
5043
YOM:
1934
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
En route from Arequipa to La Paz, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Chilligua located 130 km south of Puno. The aircraft named 'Misti' was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Santos: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1938 at 1340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PP-CBC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Santos – Paranaguá – São Francisco do Sul – Porto Alegre
MSN:
5453
YOM:
1936
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
13
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The float plane named 'Guaracy' was completing a flight from Santos to Porto Alegre with intermediate stops in Paranaguá and São Francisco do Sul. On board were 13 passengers and four crew members. While trying to take off from the Bay of Santos, the crew encountered strong winds and high waves. One of the floater was torn off and the aircraft crashed near Ilha de Las Palmas. Eleven occupants were injured and six passengers were killed, among them the Brazilian Minister of Justice Mauricio Cardoso.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Venice

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-BEZI
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Venice - Venice
MSN:
4062
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out from Venice-Lido Airport. While flying at full power, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed into the sea off the Lido coast. Both crewmen were injured and the aircraft sank.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Châtenay-en-France: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1938 at 0445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-APAR
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin – Cologne – Paris
MSN:
4040
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night mail flight from Berlin to Paris with an intermediate stop in Cologne. The aircraft named 'Otto Parschau' departed Cologne at 0241LT. Two hours later, while approaching Paris, the pilot was unable to localize the airfield due to foggy conditions. On approach, the three engine aircraft crashed in the garden of a castle located in Châtenay-en-France, some 11 km north of Le Bourget Airport. All three crewmen were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mte in Frankfurt: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 4, 1938 at 1315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-ABUR
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Milan – Frankfurt
MSN:
5777
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
On approach in snow falls and icing conditions, the three engine aircraft named 'Charles Haar' went out of control and crashed. All six occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mde near Sorata: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CB-18
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
La Paz – Apolo
MSN:
4009
YOM:
1932
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed La Paz-El Alto on a cargo flight to Apolo, carrying five passengers and a crew of three. While cruising in marginal weather conditions, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain and crashed near Sorata. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Kudriavzeff, pilot,
Mr. Melcan, copilot,
Mr. Rosetti, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mfe in Croydon: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1937 at 2130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AGAV
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Croydon – Cologne – Hanover – Berlin
MSN:
4023
YOM:
1933
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after a night takeoff from Croydon Airport, the three engine aircraft went out of control and crashed onto a hangar. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Roggentin: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
D-AFYN
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Roggentin - Roggentin
MSN:
5352
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a test flight on behalf of the German Research Institute for Aviation, testing a new IFR landing system. On approach to Roggentin in poor visibility due to fog, the three engine airplane impacted ground and crashed. Two crew members were seriously injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
FF Otto von Medem, †
FBF Schröder, †
Uffz Henry Kötke, †
Cpt Friedrich Kurth, †
Cpt Walter Merten, †
FBF Friedrich Bülte,
BO Rackow.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Ostend: 11 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1937 at 1530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OO-AUB
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Munich – Frankfurt – Brussels – London
MSN:
5827
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
While descending to Brussels, the crew encountered foggy conditions and decided to divert to Ostend where two other passengers were supposed to embark. Upon arrival, the crew completed two circuits over the airport of Ostend before initiating the final approach. Weather conditions were poor with limited visibility due to fog. On final, at a height of some 20 metres, the aircraft hit with its right wing the chimney of the 'Briqueterie Nationale' located in Stene. The aircraft stalled and crashed upside down, bursting into flames. All 11 occupants were killed, among them Grand Ducal and Duchess of Hesse and two of their children.
Crew:
Antoine Lambotte, pilot,
Maurice Courtois, radio navigator,
Ivan Lansmans, engineer.
Passengers:
Georges-Donatus von Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand-Ducal of Hesse,
Cécile de Grèce, Grand Duchess of Hesse,
Éléonore von Solms-Hohensolms-Lich,
Louis von Hesse-Darmstadt,
Alexander von Hesse-Darmstadt,
Joachim Riedesel zu Eisenbach,
Arthur Martens,
Lina Hahn.
Probable cause:
An airport employee was blamed for not adequately assisting the pilot down in the conditions of poor visibility, even though rockets had been fired from the ground in an attempt to do so.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Tutow

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S2+P10
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Schedule:
Tutow - Tutow
MSN:
5151
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed Tutow on a local exercice. While cruising in the vicinity of the airfield, the aircraft collided with a second Deutsche Luftwaffe Junkers JU.52/3mge registered S2+P09 and carrying a crew of seven. Both aircraft crashed and were destroyed. All seven crew members on board S2+P09 were killed while the fate of the crew in the second aircraft remains unclear.