Böblingen - Böblingen

On September 18, 1930 at 04:00 PM, Böblingen - Böblingen experienced a crash involving Udet U12 Flamingo, operated by Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt, with the event recorded near Böblingen Baden-Württemberg.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was taking part to an airshow at Böblingen Airfield. Two aircrafts, an Udet U12a Flamingo operated by the Deutsche Luftfahrt and registered D-867 and a Klemm L.27 registered D-1781 were engaged in a demo flight, connected to each other by a ladder. At an altitude of 300-400 metres, one of the pilot in the Udet, Fritz Schindler, successfully climbed from the Udet (below position) to the Klemm (upper position). But while descending via the ladder, the upper aircraft was caught by a gust of wind and lost height. Both aircraft collided, entered a dive and crashed. All four occupants were killed. Crew: Walter Spengler, Fritz Schindler.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-867, MSN 273, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.6850°, 9.0113°.