List of accidents and incidents involving the Junkers Ju 52
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Accidents and incidents involving the Junkers Ju 52
1933
- 27 May
- A Reichsverband der Deutschen Luftfahrt-Industrie (RDL) Ju 52/1mcai (D-2356) burned out at Zechliner Hütte, Germany following an engine fire.[1]
1934
- 6 November
- A Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) Ju 52/3mge (D-AVAN) crashed at Gross-Rackitt, Pommern, Germany while attempting an emergency landing, killing the five crew.[2]
1935
- 31 January
- A Deruluft Ju 52/3mge (D-AREN) crashed into a hill at Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) in rain and fog, killing all 11 on board.[3]
- 25 April
- A Deutsche Luft Hansa (DLH) Ju 52/3mho (D-AJYR, E. Schäfer) struck a mountain near Hallgarten, Germany in bad weather, killing three of six on board.[4]
1936
- 14 January
- A Colombian Air Force Ju 52/3m (624) crashed near Tres Esquinas Air Base due to mechanical failure, killing 13 of 19 on board.[5]
- 17 January
- A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB) Ju 52/3mce (registration unknown, Chorolque) crashed into the Tapacarí swamps NE of Cochabamba, Bolivia, killing all 13 on board.[6]
- 16 June
- A Norwegian Air Lines Ju 52/3mW (LN-DAE, Havørn) crashed into Mount Lihesten in fog, killing all seven on board.
- 1 November
- A DLH Ju 52/3mge (D-APOO, Heinrich Kroll) crashed into mountains near Tabarz en route to Erfurt, killing 11 of 15 on board.[7]
- 17 November
- A DLH Ju 52/3mge (D-ASUI, Hans Berr), en route from Leipzig Airport to Nürnberg-Marienberg Airport, crashed on the Moritzberg near Lauf an der Pegnitz, due to pilot disorientation. Four of the 16 people on board died.[8]
- 4 December
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-ASIH, Rudolf Windisch) crashed in the French Alps near Le Grand-Bornand in high winds, killing all six on board.[9]
1937
- June 16
- A South African Airways (SAA) Ju 52/3msa1 (ZS-AKY, Earl of Caledon) crashed on takeoff from Rand Airport due to loss of power of two engines, killing one.[10]
- November 16
- A Sabena Ju 52/3m crashed at Ostend, Belgium after striking a factory chimney, killing all 12 on board.
- November 26
- A DLH Ju 52/3mfe (D-AGAV, Emil Schäfer) crashed into a hangar in fog on takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all three on board.[11]
- December 15
- A LAB Ju 52/3mce (CB-18, Huanani) disappeared between Roboré and Sarta Cruz, Bolivia, on a cargo flight; the wreckage was found in the 1940s, but the crew was never found.[12]
1938
- January 4
- A DLH Ju 52/3mte (D-ABUR, Charles Haar) crashed at Frankfurt in a snowstorm while on approach due to icing, killing all six on board.[13]
- February 22
- A DLH Ju 52/3mge (D-APAR, Otto Parschau) crashed near Pontoise, France in fog, killing all three on board.[14]
- May 22
- A Syndicato Condor Ju 52/3mge (PP-CBC, Guaracy) crashed into water off Santos Dumont Airport, killing six of 17 on board; Brazilian Minister of Justice Mauricio Cardoso was among the dead.[15]
- August 15
- A Syndicato Condor Ju 52/3mfe (PP-CAT, Anhanga) crashed on takeoff into Guanabara Bay, killing all nine on board.[16]
- October 1
- A DLH Ju 52/3mte (D-AVFB) crashed on Piz Cengalo mountain near Graubünden, Switzerland, killing all 13 on board; a postal bag from the aircraft was found in 1952.[17]
1939
- 13 January
- A Syndicato Condor Ju 52/3mge (PP-CAY, Marimba) struck a mountain near Rio Bonito, Brazil, killing all 10 on board.[18]
- 24 February
- A Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) Ju 52/3mge (D-ALUS) struck a mountain at Termes Ribi, Commune de Roubion, France during a snowstorm, killing all 10 on board. The wreckage was found on 4 March 1939.[19]
- 14 March
- A Sabena Ju 52/3mge (OO-AUA) crashed into a field at Haren, Belgium, killing all three on board.[20]
- 4 August
- A DLH (D-AUJG, Hans Wende) crashed in mountains near Tivissa, Spain, killing all seven on board.[21]
- 30 August
- A DLH (D-AFOP, Karl Hochmuth) crashed on takeoff from Hannover, Germany, killing all seven on board.[22]
- 1 December
- An Iberia Ju 52/3m (M-CABA, Sanjurjo) was shot down by British anti-aircraft fire and crashed off Europa Point, Gibraltar; all ten on board died.[23]
- 4 December
- An Ala Littoria Ju 52/3mlu (I-BAUS) struck a mountain and crashed near Bayerisch Eisenstein, killing four of 17 on board.[24]
1940
- 13 April
- Thirteen Luftwaffe Ju 52/3mg4e's took off from Tempelhof Airport to carry 2./A.R.112 Gebirgsbatterie and supplies to Narvik. Of these, two got lost in a snowstorm and force-landed on ice at Gullesfjordbotn, Troms, Norway; both aircraft were bombed by three Norwegian Heinkel He 115's the next morning and burned out. Both aircraft sank when the ice melted. The other eleven landed on the frozen Lake Hartvikvatnet. One aircraft (DB+RC) was able to take off again and land in Sweden, but the other ten aircraft sank in May 1940 after the ice melted. Five of these aircraft were salvaged between 1983 and 1986.
- 13 April
- Two Luftwaffe Ju 52/3m's crashed in the sea at Gangsoya, Norway; seven crew were taken prisoner, but ten remain missing.
- 10 May
- 157 (out of 430) Luftwaffe Ju 52's were lost during the German invasion of the Netherlands with around 900 crew and troops killed.
- 26 May
- Three Luftwaffe Ju 52/3m's (BA+HK, CM+BU and an unknown third) were shot down by a British Gloster Gladiator II over Saltdal, Norway, killing 17. A fourth Ju 52/3m crashed into trees at Amot, Osterdalen, Norway for reasons unknown, killing all 15 on board.
- June 14
- An Aero O/Y (Finnair´s former name) Ju 52/3mge (OH-ALL, Kaleva), was shot down by two Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 bombers while en route from Tallinn to Helsinki and crashed to the Gulf of Finland about 30 km north of Tallinn. All nine aboard were killed. At the time of the event neither Finland nor the Soviet Union were at war.[citation needed]
- October 30
- A Luftwaffe Ju 52/3m struck the side of Hocheck mountain near Watzmann in bad weather, killing all six on board; the wreckage was found in the summer of 2003.[25]
- November 4
- A LAB Ju 52/3mbe (CB-17) struck trees and crashed at Rincón del Tigre, Chiquitos, Bolivia due to weather, killing all 14 on board; the wreckage was located in January 1942.[26]
- November 8
- A VASP Ju-52/3mg3e (PP-SPF) taking off from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to São Paulo-Congonhas collided in mid-air with a de Havilland Dragonfly, registration LV-KAB belonging to the Anglo Mexican Petroleum Company (Shell-Mex), which was preparing for a water-landing in front of Fluminense Yacht Club. Both aircraft crashed, killing all 14 passengers and four crew on the VASP aircraft and the pilot of the Shell-Mex aircraft.[27][28]
1941
- January 18
- A Malert Ju 52/3mg3e (HA-JUA, Kaszala Karoly) crashed near Nagyvárad (Oradea), Hungary, killing all 12 on board.[29]
- March 1
- A DLH Ju 52/3mte (D-AQAB) crashed on landing in Hommelvik Bay off Trondheim and sank, killing three of 12 on board.[30]
1942
- 28 February
- A Varig Ju 52/3mge (PP-VAL, Mauá) crashed on takeoff from Porto Alegre Airport into the River Guaíba, killing seven of 23 on board.[31][32]
- 22 October
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-AYGX, Johannes Höroldt) struck a wooded hillside at 380 m (1,250 ft) near Bukovac, Serbia while flying in clouds, killing all 17 on board. The pilot had received incorrect weather information and thought the cloud base was at 600 m (2,000 ft).
1943
- 27 August
- A VASP Junkers Ju-52/3mg3e (PP-SPD) flying from São Paulo-Congonhas to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont struck a building of the Naval Academy located close to the airport shortly after a second attempt at landing in Rio under fog. The aircraft broke in two and one part fell into the water. Of the 21 passengers and crew, three survived.[33][34]
- 24 October
- An Aeroflot Ju 52/3m (CCCP-L37) crashed and burned out near Asha, Russia, killing the pilot.
- 13 November
- Four Luftwaffe Ju 52's were shot down by anti-aircraft fire during the invasion of the Leros Islands; one of these aircraft (radio call sign DI+KG) was salvaged on October 3, 2003.
1944
- January 15
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-ADQW, Harry Rother) struck a hill in poor weather while descending for Zemun Airfield, killing all five on board.[35]
- February 21
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-AWAS, Joachim Blankenburg) disappeared off Greece with 16 on board; the wreckage was never found.[36]
- June
- A NKAP (Narodnyy Komissariat Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti - state commissariat for aviation industry) Ju 52/3m (CCCP-I354) was written off in Russia.[38]
- September 2
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-AUAW, Gerhard Amann) was shot down over Ivanca, Croatia, killing all five on board.[39]
- October 16
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-ADQU) crashed in the Lifjeld Mountains in poor weather, killing all 15 on board.[40]
- October 16
- DLH Flight 7, a Ju 52/3mg8e (D-ADQV, Hermann Stache), crashed into a mountain at Hestnutan, Norway due to radio failure, killing all 15 on board. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Berlin-Copenhagen-Oslo service.[41]
- October 17
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-ASHE, Friedrich Dahmen) was attacked by RAF aircraft and force-landed in Komarom County, Hungary, killing one of nine on board.[42]
1945
- January 10
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-AUSS, Joseph Langfeld) crashed near Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing all seven on board.[43]
- March 15
- An Aeroflot/Turkmenistan Ju 52/3m force-landed in Russia due to engine failure; the aircraft was written off.[44]
- April 20
- A DLH Ju 52/3m (D-ANAJ) was shot down by Soviet Air Force aircraft and crashed in the Glienigwald, near Steinreich, Dahme-Spreewald, Germany, while operating on a Berlin-Munich-Prague evacuation service, killing 18 of 20 on board.[45]
- September 10
- An Air France Amiot AAC.1 (F-BAJP) was written off at Le Bourget Airport.[46]
- November 10
- An Air France Amiot AAC.1 (F-BANO) was written off at Le Bourget Airport.[47]
- November 23
- An Air France Amiot AAC.1 (F-BAKL) was written off at Toulouse, France.[48]
1946
- February 2
- An Air France Amiot AAC.1 (F-BALK) was written off at Belo Airport after it crashed on takeoff.[49]
- March 5
- A Československé státní aerolinie (CSA - Československé státní aerolinie - Czechoslovak State Airlines) Ju 52/3m (OK-ZDN) crashed after repeated landing attempts at Prague airport, killing ten of 15 on board.[50]
- April
- An Aeroflot Ju 52/3m (CCCP-L27) force-landed in a wooded area near Kazan, Russia following an engine fire; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.[51]
- May 22
- A Det Norske Luftfartselskap A/S (DNL - The Norwegian Aviation Company) Ju 52/3m2e, (LN-LAB) crashed after takeoff from Oslo after the aircraft stalled due to engine failure, killing 12 of 13 on board.[52]
- August 8
- An Air France Amiot AAC.1 (F-BAJT) was written off at Le Bourget Airport.[53]
- 1 November
- A CTA Languedoc-Roussillon Amiot AAC.1 (F-BCAD) struck a hill at Saint-Léger-la-Montagne, France due to possible wing icing, killing 23 of 27 on board in the worst accident involving the Ju 52.
- 1946
- An Aeroflot Ju 52/3m (CCCP-L26/28) was being ferried from Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Kazakhstan to Novosibirsk, Russia when it crashed into mountains near Taldi-Kurgan, Kazakhstan in a storm, killing the four crew. The aircraft had been re-engined with two Shvetsov M-62IR engines replacing the three original BMW 132's.[54]
1947
- January 26
- A British European Airways (BEA) Ju 52/3mg8e (G-AHOK) was written off at Renfrew, United Kingdom.[55]
- July 1
- Air France Flight 612, an Amiot AAC.1 (F-BALF), crashed near Eseka, Cameroon, killing all 13 on board.[56]
1949
- February 3
- An Aeroflot Ju 52/3m (CCCP-L54) struck a mountain after flying through snow; both pilots survived, but the aircraft was written off.[57]
References
- ↑ Accident description for D-2356 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AVAN at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AREN at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AJYR at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description for 624 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-APOO at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ASIH at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description for ZS-AKY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AGAV at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for CB-18 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ABUR at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for D-APAR at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-CBC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-CAT at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AVFB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-CAY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ALUS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description for OO-AUA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AUJG at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AUJG at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-3-22.
- ↑ Accident description for M-CABA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for I-BAUS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-9.
- ↑ Accident description for CB-17 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-9.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-SPF at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2013-7-16.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Accident description for HA-JUA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-9.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AQAB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-VAL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Accident description for PP-SPD at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2011-8-17.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ADQW at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AWAS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AOCA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for CCCP-I354 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AUAW at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ADQU at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ADQV at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ASHE at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for D-AUSS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for D-ANAJ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-25.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BAJP at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BANO at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BAKL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BALK at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for OK-ZDN at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for CCCP-L27 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for LN-LAB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BAJT at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for CCCP-L26/28 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.
- ↑ Accident description for G-AHOK at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
- ↑ Accident description for F-BALF at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-10-9.
- ↑ Accident description for CCCP-L54 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-6-30.