Amsterdam – Hanover

On August 4, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Amsterdam – Hanover experienced a crash involving Fokker-Grulich F3, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Valkeveen North Holland.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, while flying bound to the east in poor weather conditions, the engine lost power. The pilot decided to ditch the aircraft named 'Etsch' in the Gooi Lake off Valkeveen. The pilot was rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-489, MSN 1555, year of manufacture 1924.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3026°, 5.1945°.