Essen - Dortmund - Frankfurt

On May 26, 1928 at 08:15 AM, Essen - Dortmund - Frankfurt experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by Ölag - Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG, with the event recorded near Radevormwald North Rhine-Westphalia.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The pilot was performing a flight from Essen-Mülheim to Frankfurt with an intermediate stop in Dortmund. Few minutes after takeoff from Dortmund-Wickede Airport, while cruising some 40 km south of Dortmund, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. He decided to reduce his altitude and to attempt a precautionary landing in a field when the aircraft hit a cow, crashed and burned. The pilot Hoffmann and two passengers were killed while two other passengers were rescued by a local farmer, Mr. Hugo Kemper. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and the cow was also killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration A-39, MSN 742, year of manufacture 1924.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2029°, 7.3571°.