Berlin – Görlitz

On April 14, 1931 at 03:30 PM, Berlin – Görlitz experienced a crash involving Messerschmitt M.20, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Rietschen Saxony.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Berlin to Görlitz, the airplane suffered a structural failure on the fuselage. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Rietschen. Eight occupants were injured, four seriously, while the pilot Schirmer and the flight engineer Bischof were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-1928, MSN 442, year of manufacture 1930.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3963°, 14.7860°.