Frankfurt – Berlin

On August 24, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Frankfurt – Berlin experienced a crash involving Fokker-Grulich F2, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Schlüchtern Hesse.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. After passing Schlüchtern, Hesse, pilot followed the railway to the northeast when he encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Between the villages of Elm and Hutten, the airplane hit a hilly terrain and crashed. The pilot and three passengers were killed while a fourth passenger (Mrs. Rücker) was seriously injured. Crew: Alfred Bauer, pilot. Passengers: Josef Groß, Mrs. Thekla Neubauer (Lufthansa secretary), Mr. & Mrs. Georg Rücker.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-757, MSN 1571, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.3517°, 9.5613°.