Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Spitzmauer: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 20, 1942
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wiener Neustadt – Munich
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
On a flight from Wiener Neustadt to Munich, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the three engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Spitzmauer, in the Austrian Alps. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
