Dessau - Dessau

On February 6, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Dessau - Dessau experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.90, operated by Junkers Flugzeug %26 Motorenwerke, with the event recorded near Dessau Saxony-Anhalt.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was engaged in a test flight on this four engine aircraft christened 'Der grosse Dessauer'. In flight, during an over-speed test flight, the aircraft suffered a structural failure and went out of control. Two crew were able to bail out while the third occupant was killed when the aircraft crashed in an open field. Crew: Karl-Heinz B. Kindermann, test pilot, Erich Gast, engineer, Mr. Hahnemann, engineer, †.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AALU, MSN 4913, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8303°, 12.2403°.