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| Date: | Friday 13 August 1937 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 247 |
| Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AKIN |
| MSN: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hannover -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Hannover-Vahrenwald (11:49) |
| local | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft used as a testbed for an experimental autopilot stalled and crashed from 60 meters on take-off and destroyed by fire. Pilot Hans Chun. Only one crew member survived the crash, seriously injured. *Also reported all eight killed.
Sources:
*De Noord-Oster 14 August 1937
http://www.adl-luftfahrthistorik.de/dok/Schnellverkehrsflugzeug_Entwicklung.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Mar-2010 12:16 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2010 14:22 | TB | Updated [Nature, ] |
| 23-Mar-2010 09:37 | TB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Nov-2013 11:00 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 19-Nov-2013 15:55 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 23-Jun-2015 17:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-May-2020 18:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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