Karlovy Vary Region (Karlovarský kraj)

Apparently following a misunderstanding, the crew forgot to lower the gear. The aircraft belly landing at Karlovy Vary Airport and slid for several yards before coming to rest. There were no casualties.

In flight, all crew members decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture. The aircraft was destroyed but all occupants were safe.

The airplane departed Ingolstadt-Manching AFB on a flight to Berlin, carrying eight passengers and a crew of three who were going to visit a car exhibition in Berlin. In unknown circumstances, it went out of control and crashed in a wooded area located one km west of Josefov. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and all 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Mandelkow, pilot,
Lt Möljenhof, pilot,
Fw Löhlein.
Passengers:
Oblt Alfons Klein,
Uffz Esser,
Uffz Ludwig,
Uffz Pohl,
Uffz Buck,
Uffz Erhardt,
Ogfr Mandel,
Gefr Romen.

On final approach to Karlovy Vary, at a height of 100 metres, one of the stabilizer detached. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed short of runway. Three passengers were injured while both pilots and a passenger, the Austrian Actor Max Pallenberg, were killed.