2010 Air Service Berlin Douglas C-47 crash

Aviation accident May 2024 ILA 2 (2539101635).jpg D-CXXX, the aircraft involved Accident 2010 06 19 y Engine failure Near Berlin Schönefeld Airport Douglas C-47 Skytrain Rosinenbomber Air Service Berlin D-CXXX Berlin Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, Germany Berlin Schönefeld Airport 28 25 3 0 7 28 On 19 June 2010, a vintage Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport for a sightseeing flight over Berlin, which was operated by Air Service Berlin, a provider of event flights. There were no fatalities, but 7 of the 28 passengers and crew were injured. Aircraft The aircraft involved was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered D-CXXX, serial number 16124/32872), a preserved Raisin bomber.http://avherald.com/h?article=42d26069&opt=0 Accident: Air Service Berlin DC3 at Berlin on Jun 19th 2010, engine failure The Aviation Herald Simon Hradecky 19 June 2010 It had been built in 1944 and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engines.http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100619-0 Accident description Aviation Safety Network 20 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100702160424/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100619-0 2 July 2010 live It had participated in the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift. The importance of the airlift for Berlin led to it being acquired for sightseeing flights in 2000. The aircraft was one of the last two aircraft to take off from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (one of the Airlift airports) when it was closed on 30 October 2008.http://avherald.com/h?article=40f296c9&opt=0 Fare Well, Berlin Tempelhof The Aviation Herald Simon Hradecky 19 June 2010 Accident At around 15:00 local time, shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport for a sightseeing flight over the city centre of Berlin, the left engine failed and the aircraft was unable to gain height. The pilots went into a left turn and set down the aircraft into a field near the construction site for the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport.http://www.bz-berlin.de/aktuell/berlin/rosinenbomber-crash-7-verletzte-article887393.html Rosinenbomber-Crash: 7 Verletzte 19 June 2010 BZ News German 20 June 2010 Three crew members and 25 passengers were on board (among them Stefan Kaufmann, a Bundestag member),http://www.bz-berlin.de/aktuell/berlin/rosinenbomber-so-lief-der-crash-ab-article887800.html Rosinenbomber: So lief der Crash ab 19 June 2010 BZ News German 20 June 2010 all of whom were able to leave the aircraft unassisted.http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/19/343460/german-sightseeing-dc-3-badly-damaged-in-emergency-landing.html German sightseeing DC-3 badly damaged in emergency landing Flight Global David Kaminski-Morrow 19 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100622050654/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/19/343460/german-sightseeing-dc-3-badly-damaged-in-emergency-landing.html 22 June 2010 livehttp://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/berlin/rosinenbomber_bei_schoenefeld_notgelandet_-_verletzte/299946.php Rosinenbomber notgelandet Berlin Online German 19 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100622041632/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/berlin/rosinenbomber_bei_schoenefeld_notgelandet_-_verletzte/299946.php 2010-06-22 dead Seven people were injured, four of whom were taken to hospital.http://dmm.travel/news/artikel/lesen/2010/06/rosinenbomber-von-air-service-berlin-ging-zu-bruch-29547/ Rosinenbomber von Air Service Berlin ging zu Bruch Der Mobilitäts Manager German 20 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100622050845/http://dmm.travel/news/artikel/lesen/2010/06/rosinenbomber-von-air-service-berlin-ging-zu-bruch-29547/ 2010-06-22 dead Schönefeld Airport was closed for fifteen minutes while its emergency services attended the crash scene. A fire that arose from spilled fuel was put out by the airport's firefighters.http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nach-zwei-minuten-fiel-ein-motor-aus/1864620.html Nach zwei Minuten fiel ein Motor aus Der Taggespiegel Jörst Hasselmann Claus-Dieter Meyer German 20 June 2010 24 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100625023702/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nach-zwei-minuten-fiel-ein-motor-aus/1864620.html 25 June 2010 live Aftermath The C-47 aircraft suffered substantial damage to its tail and port wing. Nevertheless, due to its historic significance (and because it was the signature airframe of the company), Air Service Berlin stated it intended a complete repair and restoration. Donations towards the cost of the restoration had been received from across the world, including a symbolic 100 USD from Gail Halvorsen, the pilot who is attributed to having started the dropping of sweets for children from aircraft participating in the Berlin Airlift.http://avherald.com/h?article=42d26069&opt=0 Reader's comments - Rosinen Bomber Gail Halvorsen Gail Halvorsen The Aviation Herald 28 June 2010 The damaged port wing was later salvaged and sold as limited edition Aviationtags.https://www.aviationtag.com/en/produkt/dcxxx01/ Aviationtag 12 June 2021 References Germany Aviation 52 31 12 N 13 24 18 E title Category:Aviation in Berlin Category:2010 in Germany Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany Category:2010 in Berlin Category:June 2010 in Germany