Dortmund – Hanover

On April 3, 1933 at 04:00 PM, Dortmund – Hanover experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Hemkenrode Lower Saxony.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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.

En route from Dortmund to Hanover, the airplane caught fire in flight. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a pasture located in Hemkenrode, bursting into flames. A pilot was killed while the second occupant was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-534, MSN 694, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.2277°, 10.7061°.