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Crash of a Junkers JU.90V1 near Dessau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1938
Type of aircraft:
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Registration:
D-AALU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
4913
YOM:
1937
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Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a test flight on this four engine aircraft named 'Der grosse Dessauer'. While in an overspeed test configuration, the aircraft suffered a structural failure and went out of control. Two crew members were able to bail out while the third occupant was killed when the aircraft crashed in an open field.
Crew:
Karl-Heinz B. Kindermann, test pilot,
Erich Gast, engineer,
Mr. Hahnemann, engineer, †.
Probable cause:
Rudder part broke off in flight during a high speed test.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Dessau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1925
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Sole on board, the pilot Georg Strasser was completing a local test flight at Dessau Airport when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot was killed.

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

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-213
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Aracati – Natal
MSN:
629
YOM:
1922
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing demo flights in South America to promote the sale of the Junkers F.13 to potential local operators. Shortly after takeoff from the Rio Jaguaribe, in Aracati, while in initial climb, the seaplane stalled and crashed, killing both crew members, the pilot Hermann Müller and the mechanic Werner Junkers. Named 'Birkhahn', the aircraft suffered an engine failure just after takeoff.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in the Oiapoque River: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-217
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Albina - Macapá
MSN:
633
YOM:
1922
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was conducting flights in South America to promote the sale of the Junkers F.13 to local operators. The aircraft departed Albina Airport, Suriname, bound to Macapá, Brazil. Just after passing the border between French Guyana and Brazil, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and elected to make an emergency landing on the Oiapoque River, near Oiapoque. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed in the river and was damaged beyond repair. While the pilot Drewsky was injured, the mechanic Thill was killed.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Dessau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
544
YOM:
1920
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Wilhelm Griebsch was performing a local test flight at Dessau Airport when the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Dessau: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
539
YOM:
1920
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew, consisting of pilots and engineers of the German manufacturer Junkers, was performing a test flight out from Dessau Airport. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in Kleinkühnau, north of the airfield. All four occupants were killed, among them the German aviator Hermann Hasselmann. The official construction number is confirmed as 539 but the registration remains unknown.