ASN Aircraft accident Junkers F.24kay (G.24) D-ULIS Glindow
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Date:Thursday 24 August 1939
Type:Silhouette image of generic jg24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Junkers F.24kay (G.24)
Operator:Deutsche Lufthansa
Registration: D-ULIS
MSN: 850
First flight: 1925
Engines: 1 Daimler-Benz DB 601
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Glindow (   Germany)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Junkers F.24kay named "Düsseldorf" was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Glindow, Germany. Both pilots were killed.
The airplane was originally built as a three-engine Junkers G.24. In June 1929 the airplane was converted to a single-engine F.24. In 1936 a new type of engine the Daimler-Benz DB 600 V12 piston engine was installed to be test flown on the Junkers F.24. In 1938 a DB 601 engine was installed, to be test flown for 200 hours.
During one of these test flights an engine fire occurred. An emergency descent was initiated from 1500 m altitude and the burning plane made a forced landing.
Both pilots received fatal injuries.

Classification:
Engine fire
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Junkers G24 - Production Details
» Das einmotorige Verkehrsflugzeug F 24 / Günther Ott (Luftfahrt International Nr. 1+2, 1980)


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