Cologne – Frankfurt

On June 22, 1934 at 09:00 AM, Cologne – Frankfurt experienced a crash involving Dornier Do B Merkur, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Chausseehaus Hesse.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While descending to Frankfurt on a flight from Cologne, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed in Chausseehaus, north of Wiesbaden. A passenger was killed and five other occupants were injured. The aircraft named 'Nerz' was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-1445, MSN 176, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.3484°, 8.7612°.