Helgoland Island air disaster

Helgoland Island air disaster
Accident summary
Date	September 9, 1913
Summary	Weather
Site	North Sea, off Heligoland
Crew	20
Fatalities	14
Survivors	6
Aircraft type	Airship
Aircraft name	LZ14 (manufacturer's designation)
Operator	Imperial German Navy
Registration	L 1 (military designation)

The Helgoland Island air disaster occurred on 9 September 1913 after the airship Zeppelin LZ 14 had been transferred to the Imperial German Navy on 7 October 1912. As the first airship owned by the Navy, it was given the serial number L-1. With 20 people on board, L-1 flew into a strong storm, crashing 32 km; 17 nmi (20 mi) north of Heligoland into the North Sea, breaking in two. The control car sank, drowning 14 of its occupants.

References

German Airship Lost with 15 Men (New York Times).
Airship Loss Fails to Daunt Germans (New York Times).

Aviation accidents and incidents before 1920
1920 →

July 13, 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition
Sep 25, 1909 Lebaudy République airship
Jul 13, 1910 Erbslöh airship
May 13, 1912 Flanders Monoplane
Aug 7, 1913 Cody Floatplane
Sep 9, 1913 Helgoland disaster
Oct 17, 1913 Johannisthal disaster
Jun 15, 1919 Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown
Jul 15, 1919 Airship N.S.11 crash
Jul 21, 1919 Wingfoot Air Express crash
Aug 2, 1919 Verona Caproni Ca. 48 crash

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