Boeing 720 crash, Dec 4, 1961 (3 killed), Ebersheim Rhine...
Boeing 720 accident on December 4, 1961 near Ebersheim Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with 3 fatalities. Cause: The cause was never fully established; a...
- Date: December 4, 1961
- Aircraft: Boeing 720
- Location: Ebersheim Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The cause was never fully established; a sudden dive and roll were suspected to come from blocked control surfaces due to a faulty securing of the hydraulic control system.
A Lufthansa Boeing 720 on a crew training flight from Frankfurt to Cologne turned right after takeoff, then suddenly rolled inverted and dived into a field near Ebersheim on 4 December 1961. All three crew members were killed. It was the first loss and the first fatal accident of the type.