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| Date: | Tuesday 21 May 1929 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: | Junkers A 35 |
| Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nanjing, Jiangsu Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Junkers seaplane crashed in flames on the outskirts of Nanjing after it suffered a catastrophic structural failure. Aileron parts of the seaplane were found to be wrongly installed, which explained the over-stressing on the airframe.
Sources:
Ma, Y. 1994. China Military Aviation. China: Aviation Industrial Press. (in Chinese)
http://cwlam2000.epizy.com/caf15.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2023 05:41 | RDV | Added |
| 18-Sep-2024 07:53 | RDV | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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