D-1313

On January 28, 1931 at 12:00 AM, D-1313 experienced a crash involving Heinkel HD.24, operated by Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule - DVS, with the event recorded near El Calafate Santa Cruz.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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.

Named 'Tsingtau', the aircraft was carrying two crew members among them the famous German aviator Günther Plüschow. They were performing their second attempt to fly to the south Patagonia, between Chile and Argentina. While cruising over the region of the Perito Moreno Glacier, some 78 km from El Calafate, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances, killing both occupants. Crew: Gunther Plüschow, pilot, Ernst Dreblow, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-1313, MSN 271, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -50.3371°, -72.2650°.