Prague – Brno – Bratislava

On August 22, 1930 at 03:45 PM, Prague – Brno – Bratislava experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by CSA Czech Airlines - Ceskoslovenské Státní Aerolinie, with the event recorded near Jihlava Vysocina Region (Vysocina).

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

13 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 92.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Prague-Kbely Airport at 1505LT on a flight to Bratislava with an intermediate stop in Brno. While cruising at a height of 700 metres, weather conditions worsened and the captain decided first to reduce his altitude. Shortly later, he realized the weather conditions were becoming worse and worse with thunderstorm activity. Due to low visibility, he decided to make a 180 turn to go back to Prague. While flying at a height estimated between 15 and 20 metres in limited visibility, he saw the chimney of a brickwork and made a sharp turn to the left to avoid the collision. Doing so, the aircraft stalled and hit the roof of a farmhouse then crashed half in a garden. While a passenger (Professor Vojtech Kraus) was seriously injured, all 12 other occupants were killed. Up to date, this accident was considered as the worst involving CSA Czech Airlines since its creation in 1923. Crew: Josef Sedlár, pilot, Josef Trafina, mechanic. Passengers: Ing. Mirko Káš, Ing. Vojtech Jokl, Anton Müller, Vladislaw Müller, Rudolf Vonka, Boh. Jarolímek, Ing. Bernard Eimann, Judr. Anton Hamrle, Prof. Vojtech Kraus, Marie Rybnícková, Mr. Lowenstein.

Aircraft reference details include registration OK-FOR, MSN 5-AT-050, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.4412°, 15.6091°.