Prague – Leipzig – Essen – Amsterdam – Rotterdam

On April 6, 1935 at 03:18 PM, Prague – Leipzig – Essen – Amsterdam – Rotterdam experienced a crash involving Fokker F12, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Brilon North Rhine-Westphalia.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The three engine aircraft christened 'Leeuwerik' left Leipzig-Halle Airport at 1314LT with a crew of five and two passengers on board. At 1435LT, the radio navigator informed ground about his position some 10 km north of Kassel. Five minutes later, while cruising at a height of 1,000 meters, he contacted again the ground to inform about poor weather conditions and low visibility caused by snow falls. He also requested for weather forecast in Essen, the next stop before Amsterdam. Captain decided to reduce his altitude to 450 meters and completed two successive turns when the aircraft hit the side of a hilly terrain located some 15 km east of Brilon. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire, and all seven occupants were killed. Crew: P. Soer, pilot, E. A. J. Prillwitz, copilot, P. Welman, H. Wingelaar. Th. J. van den Klein, engineer. Passengers: H. L. A. Briel, W. de Vlugt.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-AFL, MSN 5242, year of manufacture 1930.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.4027°, 8.5958°.