Frankfurt – Rimini

On July 31, 1960 at 11:56 AM, Frankfurt – Rimini experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Deutsche Flugdienst, with the event recorded near Rimini Emilia-Romagna.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 33 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 2.9%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 30, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful flight from Frankfurt, the crew started the descent to Rimini Airport when, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the left engine lost power. The crew shut down the engine, feathered the propeller and continued the approach. At an altitude of 1,500 feet, the right engine lost power as well. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located one km short of runway 13. On touchdown, the airplane lost its undercarriage and right wing before coming to rest. Eight passengers were uninjured while 25 other occupants were injured. A female passenger was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-BELU, MSN 78, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.1459°, 12.4656°.