Crash of a Fokker F3 on Csepel Island: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1929
Registration:
H-MABC
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vienna – Budapest
MSN:
1604
YOM:
1922
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While approaching Budapest following a flight from Vienna, the pilot lost control of the airplane after a wing failed. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed on Csepel Island, south of Budapest. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Wing failure in flight for unknown reasons.