List of Deutsche Luft Hansa accidents and incidents

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving German airline Deutsche Luft Hansa (1926-1945). The airline suffered a total of 58 accidents.

1920s 8 March 1926: Junkers F.13 D-290 Haubenlerche stalled and crashed at Staaken during a left turn while on a training flight, killing the pilot. 14 July 1926: Junkers F.13 D-272 Silbermöwe crashed near Juist Island, Germany following an uncontrolled descent in bad weather, killing all five on board. 26 November 1926: Junkers G 24 D-944 crashed shortly after takeoff from Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) due to engine problems; all on board survived. The aircraft then burned out following an unexplained fire. 22 April 1927: Fokker-Grulich F.III D-729 Unstrut crashed at Floh due to engine failure in bad weather, killing the pilot and passenger. 27 July 1927: Junkers F.13bi D-206 Zeisig stalled and crashed at Amöneburg while attempting a forced landing following engine failure, killing all five on board. 23 September 1927: Dornier Merkur II D-585 Puma crashed at Schleiz en route to Munich from Berlin due to a broken wing strut and resultant wing separation, killing all six on board. 6 January 1928: Junkers G.24ge D-1078 Cupido struck trees and crashed at Fort l'Éculse near Bellegarde, Ain, France while on approach to Geneva; all three crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. The pilot did not realize the aircraft was too low due to poor visibility. 19 April 1928: Junkers G 24 D-946 Prometheus force-landed in a forest near Spaichingen; all eight on board survived (one passenger was injured), but the aircraft was written off. 26 May 1928: Junkers F 13ci D-583 Wildente crashed at Radevormwald due to pilot error, killing three of five on board. 25 September 1928: Junkers G.31de D-1427 Deutschland crashed at Arnsberg following an unexplained engine fire; all nine on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 11 December 1928: Junkers G.31fi D-1473 Rhineland crashed following an emergency landing at Letzlingen in a snowstorm after a fuel line broke, killing three of four on board, including pilot Gustav Doerr. December 1928: Junkers G.31ce D-1137 crashed in Germany. 1 February 1929: Junkers G 24 D-899 Juno crashed near Luzarches, France after failing to locate Le Bourget Airport due to poor visibility in fog; all three crew survived. 22 July 1929: Fokker-Grulich F.II D-780 Havel crashed shortly after takeoff from Templehof Airport due to loss of control following engine failure, killing the pilot. The engine failure was caused by a cracked crankshaft. 10 September 1929: Rohrback Romar I D-1734 Bremen ditched in the Baltic Sea off Grömitz, Germany following engine failure; all on board survived. The aircraft later sank and although salvaged, it was not repaired. 6 November 1929: Junkers G.24bi D-903 Oberschlesien en route from Croydon to Schiphol crashed in thick fog at Godstone, Surrey, United Kingdom, resulting in the deaths of seven of the nine people on board. 18 November 1929: Rohrbach Romar I D-1693 Hamburg crashed on takeoff from Lübeck harbor; the crew survived, but the aircraft was not repaired and was written off. 19 December 1929: The sole Arado V I, D-1594 Tenerife, force-landed near Neuruppin after the pilot became disorientated in poor visibility, killing both pilots; the flight engineer survived.

1930s 4 April 1930: Junkers F 13f1e D-422 Eidergans crashed in the Frauenwald forest near Idstein in fog while on a Frankfurt-Cologne passenger service; the pilot and passenger survived, but the aircraft was written off. 7 April 1930: Junkers W.33d D-1649 Baikal crashed at Limpsfield Common, Surrey while on a freight flight to Croydon en route from Berlin following a loss of control during descent, killing both crew. 13 June 1930: Dornier Merkur D-1686 struck trees at Gütersloh after an emergency landing due to unexplained engine failure; no casualties. 7 July 1930: Dornier Do J Gas Wal D-864 ditched in a storm in the Atlantic off Bornholm, Denmark en route from Stettin to Norway due to engine failure; the aircraft was capsized by a wave and sank while under tow three hours later; five of eight on board died. The engine failure was caused by a broken crankshaft. 28 July 1930: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-758 Trave crashed at Jüterbog while attempting an emergency landing; both the pilot and passenger survived. 6 August 1930: Junkers W 33d D-1826 Karpathen was on a Stockholm-Stralsund mail flight when it struck a mountain near Valdemarsvik, Sweden at night and crashed into the sea and sank, killing both pilots (one body was found 12 days later and the second a month later). The aircraft was salvaged and rebuilt in the Soviet Union with registration CCCP-H4. 6 October 1930: Messerschmitt M 20b D-1930 Lechfeld stalled, entered a dive, and crashed near Dresden-Heller Airport due to possible engine failure, killing all eight on board 7 March 1931: Rohrbach Roland Ia D-1338 caught fire and burned out at Tubbergen following an emergency landing; all eight on board were able to escape and survived. While cruising northeast of Almelo, thick white smoke spread through the cabin and the pilot descended to make an emergency landing. The cause of the fire was not determined (possibly started by a heating pipe or short circuit in the radio wiring), but it likely broke out under the pilot's seat. The aircraft was operating a flight from Amsterdam to Berlin via Hanover. 14 April 1931: Messerschmitt M 20b D-1928 Rheinpfalz crashed near Letschen due to structural failure of the tailplane, killing two of three crew; all seven passengers survived. 18 April 1931: Junkers F 24ko D-896 Düsseldorf crashed in a forest near a road at Gex (Ain), France while flying too low due to poor visibility; all six on board survived. The aircraft was rebuilt to F 24kay standard in December 1931 and re-registered D-ULIS; the aircraft was later used as a testbed for the Jumo 4 diesel engine and the Daimler-Benz DB 600 and DB 601 V12 engines, but was written off following a 1939 crash. 13 June 1931: Dornier Merkur II D-1455 Weissfuchs crashed at Saarbrücken after a loss of control possibly caused by engine failure, killing all four on board. 6 October 1931: Heinkel HE 12 D-1717 New York crashed at Cobequid Bay, Nova Scotia in fog, killing all three on board. 23 November 1931: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-766 Lahn crashed in Germany. 2 May 1932: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-765 Eider struck trees and crashed on the side of Mount Süntel (near Pötzen) while flying too low due to fog; all five on board survived. 29 July 1932: Junkers Ju 52/3mce D-2201 Oswald Boelke collided in mid-air over Munich with a DVS Udet U 12a (D-1296). The Ju 52 was repaired and returned to service and later re-registered D-ALOM; this registration was cancelled in January 1939. 29 October 1932: Junkers W.33f D-2017 Marmara was on a freight flight from Croydon Airport to Cologne when it crashed off the Kent coast. The next day a wheel was found by the crew of a Belgian ship but neither the aircraft nor the two crew have ever been found. 2 November 1932: Junkers F 13bi D-724 Kolkrabe crashed in mountainous terrain near Echterpfuhl after a wing separated, killing all five on board. 13 January 1933: Junkers W 33f D-2018 Bukowina crashed at Tanagra, Greece while attempting to return to Thessaloniki due to poor visibility; both pilots survived. 3 April 1933: Junkers F 13 D-534 Auerhahn crashed and burned at Hemkenrode following an unexplained in-flight fire, killing one of two on board. 29 April 1933: Junkers W 34gi D-4 lost control and crashed in Traunstein during a test flight out of Berlin, killing all four on board. The aircraft was on a test flight before its delivery to Eurasia. 11 December 1933: Focke-Wulf A.17a D-1403 Luneburg crashed on landing at Hamburg after striking an obstacle while flying too low, killing seven of eight on board. 10 March 1934: Junkers F 24k2kay D-1019 Rotterdam crashed near Gliwice, Poland; the aircraft was initially built as a three-engine G 24 and was converted to a single-engine F 24 in May 1928. 22 June 1934: Dornier Merkur II D-1445 Nerz crashed at Chausseehaus in poor weather, killing one of six on board. 24 July 1934: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-OGOT crashed in Germany. 3 November 1934: Heinkel He 70 D-UHUX crashed near Carcassonne, France following technical problems; both pilots survived. 7 December 1934: Junkers F 13ke D-OMAS crashed at Sachau, killing all three on board. 14 January 1935: Heinkel He 70D-0 D-UDAS crashed near Constance, killing both pilots. 25 April 1935: Junkers Ju 52/3mho D-AJYR Emil Schäfer struck a mountain near Hallgarten, Germany in bad weather, killing three of six on board. 24 May 1935: Boeing 247 D-AGAR (former NC91Y) was written off at Nurnburg-Marienburg after it was struck by a taxiing Air France aircraft. 2 November 1935: Dornier Do 18 D-AHIS Monsun crashed into water at Travemünde during a high-speed low-altitude test flight, killing three of five on board. 24 December 1935: Heinkel He 70 D-UVOR crashed at Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) due to pilot error, killing all three on board. 1935: Junkers F.24ko D-ULET Sachsen was reportedly written off in Germany. 15 February 1936: Dornier Do J Wal D-ADYS Tornado disappeared over the South Atlantic with four on board. 17 April 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3m D-ASOR struck a mountain near Orvin, Switzerland after the crew became disorientated due to a navigation error, killing three of five on board. The aircraft was operating a passenger service from Lechfeld to Frankfurt. 27 April 1936: Messerschmitt M.20b D-UNAH (ex D-2005) Odenwald crashed at Kiel Airport; no casualties. 10 June 1936: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-OVYF Pregel crashed in Germany. 13 June 1936: Junkers Ju 160 D-UPYM Puma crashed at Hannover due to engine failure, killing one of six on board. 24 June 1936: Fokker-Grulich F.IIb D-OJIP crashed in Germany. 19 July 1936: Junkers F 13f1e D-OBAZ Kronenreiher crashed on approach to Borkum; the pilot survived. 22 July 1936: Junkers Ju 160 D-ULUR Schakal crashed at Cholmek, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) while on approach to Prague following a loss of control, killing both pilots. 26 July 1936: Junkers G.38di D-AZUR (formerly D-2000) Deutschland crashed at Dessau due to mechanical failure during a test flight; the pilot survived, but the aircraft was written off. 19 September 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3mce D-AJUX Hermann Göring crashed near Frankfurt Airport; no casualties. 1 November 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3mge D-APOO Heinrich Kroll crashed into mountains near Tabarz while en route to Erfurt from Frankfurt, killing 11 of 15 on board. 17 November 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3mge D-ASUI Hans Berr crashed into a mountain near Lauf an der Pegnitz while on approach to Nurnburg-Marienburg Airport on a Leipzig-Marienburg passenger service, killing four of 16 on board. The pilot became disorientated in heavy snow and poor visibility. 28 November 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3m D-ATAK Marshall v. Bieberstein crashed at Hanover while attempting an emergency landing due to icing; all 15 on board survived. 4 December 1936: Junkers Ju 52/3m D-ASIH Rudolf Windisch struck a mountain at Le Grand-Bornand in the French Alps, killing all six on board. The aircraft was operating a Lisbon–Geneva–Stuttgart passenger service. 12 March 1937: Heinkel He 111C D-ALIX Rostock crashed on approach to Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia for reasons unknown, killing all four crew on board; 90% of the mail on board was recovered, but the crew was never found. 26 March 1937: Junkers Ju 160 D-UPOZ Wolf crashed at Wätzum due to engine failure, killing one of six on board. April 1937: Junkers A 20feL D-IBUX Erde crashed in Germany. 20 May 1937: Heinkel He 70 D-UXUV stalled and crashed on takeoff from Stuttgart, killing two of six on board. 14 June 1937: Messerschmitt M.20b Fläming crashed at Halberstadt.