| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 27 July 1934 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: | Curtiss AT-32C Condor II |
| Operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | CH-170 |
| C/n / msn: | 53 |
| First flight: | 1934 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wurmlingen/Tuttlingen ( Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Dübendorf Airport, Switzerland |
| Stuttgart-Böblingen Airport, Germany |
Crashed after only three months in service. The port inter-wing strut failed in heavy turbulence, causing separation of the engine and part of the lower wing.
The airplane operated on the flight Zürich-Stuttgart-Leipzig-Berlin.
The three crew members and the nine passengers died. The aircraft fell in a forest from a height of 3,000 meters and burned.
Classification:
Wing failureLoss of control
Sources:
» Swissair Information website» A Survey of Serious Aircraft Accidents Involving Fatigue Fracture. Volume 1. Fixed-Wing Aircraft / NRC Canada, 1983
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Distance from Zürich-Dübendorf Airport to Stuttgart-Böblingen Airport as the crow flies is 145 km (91 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Zürich-Dübendorf Airport to Stuttgart-Böblingen Airport as the crow flies is 145 km (91 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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