D-ABAU

On July 3, 1936 at 12:00 AM, D-ABAU experienced a crash involving Dornier Do J Wal, operated by Erprobungstelle, with the event recorded near Ijmuiden North Holland.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

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

The crew was performing an international flight for the German company Erprobungstelle based in Lübeck-Travemünde. While flying along the Dutch coast, crew encountered problems and lost control of the float plane that crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off Ijmuiden. Quickly on site, the crew of two Belgian and Dutch ships were able to evacuate three crewmen while the fourth was killed. The aircraft was destroyed and lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ABAU, MSN 247.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4574°, 4.6112°.