Crash of a Letov Š-32 in Karlovy Vary: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1934 at 1155 LT
Operator:
Registration:
OK-ADB
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Prague - Karlovy Vary
MSN:
2
YOM:
1934
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On final approach to Karlovy Vary, at a height of 100 metres, one of the stabilizer detached. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed short of runway. Three passengers were injured while both pilots and a passenger, the Austrian Actor Max Pallenberg, were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control on final approach following the loss of a stabilizer.
