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Crash of a Focke-Wulf A.16c in Lewin Brzeski: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-548
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lewin Brzeski - Lewin Brzeski
MSN:
5
YOM:
1924
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane was engaged in a local joyride in Löwen (now Lewin Brzeski), carrying three passengers and one pilot, Johannes Hentschel. For unknown reasons, he decided to takeoff from another area in the field, with a light and non significant wind component. In a relative muddy ground, the takeoff distance was too short when the pilot realized the presence of a ditch. He attempted to takeoff but the aircraft' speed was too low. It nosed down, crashed and came to rest upside down. All three passengers escaped with minor injuries while the pilot was seriously injured. He died from his injuries the following evening.
Probable cause:
The decision of the pilot to takeoff from an insufficient distance and his decision to initiate the rotation prematurely as the aircraft' speed was too low.

Crash of a Breguet 19 in Warsaw: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
13
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Warsaw on a local training mission. In flight, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a factory located in Kolejowa Street 67, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed and two people in the factory were seriously injured. They later died from their injuries.

Crash of a Breguet 19A.2 in Warsaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight over Warsaw. The aircraft was too low and hit telephone wires before crashing onto several buildings located in the Kopinska Street, in the Ochota district, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forced and a post crash fire, as well as several buildings. Both pilots Pędzika and Jeżego were killed.
Probable cause:
The crew was flying at a too low altitude.

Crash of a Junkers A.20 in Szadzko: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-854
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin - Berlin
MSN:
1051
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Berlin-Staaken on a training flight. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Szadsko. The pilot was killed.

Crash of a Potez 25 in Warsaw

Date & Time: May 26, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
Boby I
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a long flight from Paris to Pekin with intermediate stops in Warsaw and Russia. During the takeoff roll in Warsaw, the aircraft's main gear hit a pothole in the ground. The gear broke and the aircraft came to rest upside down. While both crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It appears that the pothole was caused by the recent heavy rain falls. It was 'repaired' few days before the accident but it seems that was insufficient.
Crew:
Captain Georges Pelletier-Doisy, pilot,
Henri Carol, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Poor condition runway.

Crash of a Blériot Spad 46 in Warsaw

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1924
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AEHU
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Prague - Warsaw
MSN:
3357.38
YOM:
1922
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing at Warsaw Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were injured.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Gdańsk

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
Dz.40
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
611
YOM:
1921
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a mail flight. On approach to Gdańsk, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot Babekuhl was injured and the aircraft was destroyed. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in 1923.

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

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1921 at 1000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-128
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gdańsk – Berlin
MSN:
610
YOM:
1921
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Gdańsk to Berlin. En route, weather conditions worsened with fog and snow falls. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a snow covered field located in Lębork, some 60 km northwest of Gdańsk. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Emil Monz, pilot,
Oskar Kretschmar, mechanic.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the pilot lost his orientation while flying in foggy conditions and snow falls. No technical anomalies were found on the airplane.