Berlin – Braunschweig

On September 19, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Berlin – Braunschweig experienced a crash involving Udet U12 Flamingo, operated by Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule - DVS, with the event recorded near Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Berlin on a training flight to Braunschweig. Shortly after takeoff from Tempelhof Airport, while climbing to a height of 100 metres, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field. The pilot Richard Rödel was killed and the pilot Gerhard Kurz was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-1760, MSN 437, year of manufacture 1928.

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