Berlin - Berlin

On June 19, 2010 at 02:47 PM, Berlin - Berlin experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Air Service Berlin, with the event recorded near Berlin-Schönefeld Berlin.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

28 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 28 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 25, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Berlin-Schönefeld Airport on a local 35-minute sightseeing flight over Berlin with 25 passengers and three crew members on board. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the pilots encountered technical problems with the right engine and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft struck the airport boundary fence then crash landed on its belly with its right wing partially torn off. All 28 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-CXXX, MSN 16124/32872, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3909°, 13.5130°.