D-780

On July 22, 1929 at 04:00 PM, D-780 experienced a crash involving Fokker-Grulich F2, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Berlin-Tempelhof, while climbing, the engine failed. The pilot Hans Loeb lost control of the aircraft that crashed near the runway. The pilot was killed and the aircraft named 'Havel' was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-780, MSN 1572, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4926°, 13.3553°.