Wroclaw – Berlin

On February 27, 1933 at 12:00 AM, Wroclaw – Berlin experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf A.16, operated by Flugdienst Breslau - Wilhelm Przibilla, with the event recorded near Polkowice Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnoslaskie).

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The single engine airplane departed Breslau-Gandau Airport on a flight to Berlin, carrying various radio equipment. The pilot Wilhelm Przibilla, owner of the company, was sole on board. En route, he encountered technical problems when the impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located in Barschau (now Barszów), near Polkowice. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-659, MSN 8, year of manufacture 1924.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.4887°, 16.0393°.