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| Date: | Wednesday 12 February 1969 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Nord 2501D Noratlas |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 52+57 |
| MSN: | D066 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km S of Erding Air Base -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Erding Air Base (ETSE) |
| Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN/EDDK) |
The Noratlas transport plane operated on a flight from Neubiberg to Köln via Erding. Eyewitnesses reported the plane entered a zone of heavy snow storm after taking off from Erding. The airplane crashed into a farm house, killing 10 occupants of the airplane and a young girl inside the house.
The pilot and the navigator survived. The pilot was reportedly later killed in the fatal crash of the Noratlas 52+79 near Königsdorf, November 19, 1970.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 13.2.69
www.flugzeugforum.de
Location
Images:
photo (c) Thomas Brügge; near Erding AB; 28 July 2010
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