D-ORUP

On September 11, 1937 at 04:30 PM, D-ORUP experienced a crash involving Junkers W.34, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Kremenác Olomouc Region (Olomoucký kraj).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine aircraft was on its way to a remote airfield in Silesia, south Poland. En route, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and lost his orientation. While flying at low height, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a dense wooded area located in Kremenác, near the Polish border. The pilot F. Weghuberem was killed while all three passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ORUP.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.2870°, 17.2249°.