Accident Junkers Ju-52/3mte D-AQUB,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341789
 

Date:Saturday 1 March 1941
Time:15:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic JU52 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju-52/3mte
Owner/operator:Deutsche Lufthansa
Registration: D-AQUB
MSN: 5751
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Hommelvik Bay -   Norway
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Narvik-Framnes Airport (NVK/ENNK)
Destination airport:Trondheim-Hommelvik
Narrative:
The Ju-52/3m floatplane landed on the water of Hommelvik Bay, near Trondheim. D-AQUB ran onto dune crest and became airborne again. It reached an height of 4-5 meters before it landed violently on the water. All four attachment points of both floats separated, causing the plane to nose down into the water.
Three passengers drowned.

Sources:

The Hugo Junkers Homepage
Deutsche Lufthansa: Der Kranich in Turbulenzen, 1939-1945 / Hans W Neulen

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 March 1943 D-AQUB Deutsche Lufthansa 0 near Trondheim/Hommelvik Seaplane Base w/o

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