D-BALI

On February 4, 1961 at 12:00 AM, D-BALI experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Private German, with the event recorded near Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. During the takeoff roll, the airplane was caught by strong crosswinds, veered off runway and struck with its left wing the ILS system located in a small building. All nine occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-BALI, MSN 222, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.1680°, 6.8469°.