Junkers JU.52 crash, Sep 6, 1946 (6 killed), Darvaza Daşo...
Junkers JU.52 accident on September 6, 1946 near Darvaza Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan with 6 fatalities. Cause: Failure of the left elevator,...
- Date: September 6, 1946
- Aircraft: Junkers JU.52
- Location: Darvaza Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the left elevator, attributed to faulty maintenance, with wrong crew reaction as a contributing factor
A Junkers Ju 52 cargo flight from Ashgabat to Darvaza pitched up sharply on final approach, stalled and crashed in desert about 1 km short of the runway threshold. All six occupants, four crew and two passengers, were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.