ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173626
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| Date: | Monday 25 June 1923 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: | Junkers F13 |
| Owner/operator: | Junkers Flugzeugwerk AG |
| Registration: | D-213 |
| MSN: | 629 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aracati, CE -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Aracati, CE |
| Natal, RN | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Junkers F13, named "Birkhahn", crashed and caught fire due to engine failure just after takeoff in Aracati, CE. The aircraft's occupants died. Pilot Hermann Müller and the mechanic Werner Junkers (21), elder son of Hugo Junkers. According to the source (1), crashed with false registration "D-218".
Sources:
(1) https://hugo.junkers.de/blog/das-ende-der-ersten-suedamerika-expedition/
La Nación (Santiago) 27 June 1923, p9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2015 07:56 | junior sjc | Added |
| 05-Sep-2015 19:29 | TB | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2016 18:33 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2016 05:41 | junior sjc | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2017 07:16 | Sergey L. | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2020 19:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2024 09:33 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 22-Mar-2024 20:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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