Osnabrück – Borkum

On July 24, 1926 at 07:00 PM, Osnabrück – Borkum experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Juist Lower Saxony.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The single engine airplane departed Osnabrück on a flight to Borkum, carrying four passengers and one pilot. While approaching the Borkum Island from the east, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions when the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea south of Juist, about 20 km east of Borkum. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed. The only survivor later died from his injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-272, MSN 660, year of manufacture 1923.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.6784°, 6.9956°.