Aracati – Natal

On June 25, 1923 at 12:00 AM, Aracati – Natal experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by Junkers Flugzeug %26 Motorenwerke, with the event recorded near Aracati Ceará.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing demo flights in South America to promote the sale of the Junkers F.13 to potential local operators. Shortly after takeoff from the Rio Jaguaribe, in Aracati, while in initial climb, the seaplane stalled and crashed, killing both crew members, the pilot Hermann Müller and the mechanic Werner Junkers. Named 'Birkhahn', the aircraft suffered an engine failure just after takeoff.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-213, MSN 629, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -4.5583°, -37.7679°.