Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt

On July 28, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Austrian Air Force - Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte, with the event recorded near Wiener Neustadt Lower Austria.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Two minutes after takeoff from Wiener Neustadt Airport, while climbing to a height of 60 meters, the engine failed. The pilot elected to make an emergency landing and led the airplane descending until it struck two concrete walls, lost its both wings and crashed in a field. All six occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 3B-GD, MSN 1420, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.8432°, 16.2064°.