Crash of an Ilyushin II-14T in Vockerode: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1960 at 0740 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
400
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
14 803 004
YOM:
1958
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a weather observation mission. After takeoff from Dessau Airport, instead of climbing and flying under IFR, the captain decided to continue under VFR mode below the clouds and in limited visibility. Ten minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane struck with its right wing the chimney of a metallurgical complexe and crashed in flames. All six crew members and one person on the ground were killed.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2T in Dessau

Date & Time: May 31, 1960
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
856
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
178 473 03
YOM:
1957
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing, the right wing struck the runway surface. The aircraft cartwheeled and came to rest. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Buchsee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1+HP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Elefsis - Dessau
MSN:
5611
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Elefsis AFB near Athens on a ferry flight to Dessau. While cruising over Bavaria, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the airplane impacted hilly and wooded terrain near Buchsee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Hain,
Uffz Heinz Bäcker,
Ogfr Kurt Haberland,
Gfr Hans Lukas.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

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

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AALU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
4913
YOM:
1937
Country:
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 A.50ce in Brück: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-1784
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dessau – Berlin
MSN:
3506
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Hermann Röder was performing a solo flight from Dessau to Berlin when the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Brück. The pilot was killed.

Crash of a Junkers G.38di in Dessau

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AZUR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
3301
YOM:
1929
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local post maintenance test flight out from Dessau Airport. Just after liftoff, the four engine aircraft named 'Deutschland' went out of control and crashed. The crew led by Captain Wilhelm Zimmermann was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Error on part of the technicians who connected the aileron control cables on the opposite way.

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 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.