Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 31 August 1932
Aircraft Type: Junkers G.24
Owner/operator: AB Aerotransport
Registration Number: SE-AAE
Location: Tubbergen –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Engine 3Engine 3
Category: Accident
A Swedish Junkers G.24 transport plane, named Svealand, crashed near Tubbergen, Netherlands, resulting in the deaths of pilot Karl Bernhard Liljeberg and radio operator Uttergard. The plane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol at 23:20 on August 30, bound for Malm via Hannover and Copenhagen. Last radio contact occurred at 00:01, with the crew reporting over Almelo, Netherlands. A failure of engine number 3 is suspected to have caused the forced landing.A Swedish Junkers G.24 transport plane, named Svealand, crashed near Tubbergen, Netherlands, resulting in the deaths of pilot Karl Bernhard Liljeberg and radio operator Uttergard. The plane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol at 23:20 on August 30, bound for Malm via Hannover and Copenhagen. Last radio contact occurred at 00:01, with the crew reporting over Almelo, Netherlands. A failure of engine number 3 is suspected to have caused the forced landing.
Description
A Swedish Junkers G.24 transport plane, named “Svealand”, was destroyed in a forced landing at night near Tubbergen, the Netherlands. Pilot Karl Bernhard Liljeberg and radio operator Uttergard were killed. The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol at 23:20 on August 30 on a flight to Malm via Hannover, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark. Last radio contact was at 00:01 when the crew reported over Almelo, the Netherlands. A failure of engine no. 3 apparently caused the crew to carry out a forced landing. The airplane struck a chimney of a farm and trees before impacting terrain close to some houses.
Primary Cause
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