Paris – Cologne – Berlin

On May 23, 1928 at 01:07 PM, Paris – Cologne – Berlin experienced a crash involving Farman F.63bis Goliath, operated by Société Générale des Transports Aériens - SGTA, with the event recorded near Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 0934LT on a flight to Berlin with an intermediate stop in Cologne where it landed at 1225LT. The crew refueled the aircraft with 700 liters gasoline and took off at 1305LT. Two minutes after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 500 metres some 3 km from the airport, the aircraft nosed down and crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all three occupants were killed. Crew: Mr. Charpentier, pilot, and one mechanic. Passenger: Mrs. Marck.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AEIE, MSN 7248/17, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.9575°, 6.8914°.