Accident Junkers W.34hi D-OJIL, Friday 4 March 1938
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Date:Friday 4 March 1938
Time:
Type:Junkers W.34hi
Owner/operator:SEDTA
Registration: D-OJIL
MSN: 486
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Guaranda -   Ecuador
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Quito/Simón Bolívar
Destination airport:Guayaquil
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed at Mount Chimborazo. Pilot Fritz Wilhelm Hammer, mechanic Konrad Bütscher, mechanic Richard Weiß and ecuadorian pilot Capt Marco A. Aguirre.

Sources:

The Hugo Junkers Homepage
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_D-a17.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20120206004357/http://www.ju-f13.de/F13/person.html
Folha da Noite 8 March 1938
http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/089842_04/45122
Jenaer Volksblatt 7 March 1938
Historia Illustrada de la FAE

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
01-Dec-2010 15:00 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
29-Jul-2015 19:25 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jul-2015 19:30 TB Updated [Nature, Source, ]
29-Jul-2015 19:31 TB Updated [Source, ]
24-Nov-2016 20:24 TB Updated [Source, ]
10-Apr-2020 20:03 TB Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Nov-2023 10:06 TB Updated [Narrative, ]
11-Feb-2025 18:51 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
11-Feb-2025 19:07 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
11-Feb-2025 19:42 TB Updated [Narrative, ]

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