Crash of a Fokker F7-B1 in Bratislava

Date & Time: May 6, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F7
Operator:
Registration:
OK-OUA
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bratislava Region
Country:
Slovakia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On a downwind approach to Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport, the pilot realized he was too long and decided to initiate a go around procedure. The engines failed to provide sufficient power, causing the aircraft to stall and to collide with power cables and to crash. All eight occupants were injured.

Crash of a Fokker F9D in Bratislava

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1937 at 0630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F9
Operator:
Registration:
OK-AFF
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Bratislava – Prague
MSN:
15
YOM:
1935
Location:
Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bratislava Region
Country:
Slovakia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Bratislava-Vajnory Airport, one of the engine fired. The crew attempted an emergency landing in a field located past the runway end. While both occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine fire after liftoff.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.33/450 in Bratislava: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 1919 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caproni Ca.33
Operator:
Registration:
11495
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Udine - Bratislava
Location:
Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bratislava Region
Country:
Slovakia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Campoformido Airport, Udine, for an official but secret flight to Bratislava, Slovakia. On approach to Ivanka Airport, while flying at an altitude between 50 and 80 metres, the aircraft banked left, nosed down and crashed in an open field located in Vajnory, some 4 km north of the airfield, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Giotto Mancinelli-Scotti, pilot,
Sgt Umberto Merlini, pilot,
Gabriele Aggiusti, radionavigator.
Passenger:
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
The international airport of Bratislava will be later renamed Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
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