Accident Douglas DC-2-115B HB-ITI, Friday 28 February 1936

Date:	Friday 28 February 1936
Time:
Type:	Douglas DC-2-115B
Owner/operator:	Swissair
Registration:	HB-ITI
MSN:	1321/F4
Year of manufacture:	1934
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Zürich-Dübendorf Airport - Switzerland
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Zürich-Dübendorf Airport
Destination airport:	London-Croydon Airport (-/-)

Narrative:
A DC-2 operated by Swissair sustained substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Zürich-Dübendorf Airport, Switzerland.
The airplane took off on a passenger flight to London but failed to become airborne. The airplane crossed a road at the end of the runway and came to rest in a field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Wrong propeller setting.

Sources:

Tribune de Lausanne 29-2-1936
Photo of wreckage
ETH-Bibliothek
Berner Zeitung 29-2-2012

Location

Images:

photo (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv; Zürich-Dübendorf Airport; 28 February 1936; (CC:by-sa)