Incident Overview
Date: Monday 14 November 1938
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3-194D
Owner/operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration Number: PH-ARY
Location: Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS) –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 19
Component Affected: DC-3 passenger planeDC-3 passenger plane
Category: Accident
A KLM DC-3 passenger plane, operating flight from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) to Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS), crashed during approach due to terrain. Four crew members and two passengers perished. The aircraft, named ‘IJsvogel’, skidded 125 meters before coming to rest across a ditch.A KLM DC-3 passenger plane, operating flight from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) to Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS), crashed during approach due to terrain. Four crew members and two passengers perished. The aircraft, named ‘IJsvogel’, skidded 125 meters before coming to rest across a ditch.
Description
A Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, was destroyed when it struck terrain while on approach to Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS), the Netherlands. There were five crew members and 14 passengers on board. Four crew members and two passengers died in the accident. The airplane, named “IJsvogel”, took off from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF), Germany at 16:27 on a flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol. While on approach the airplane flew into terrain at cruise speed. It skidded 125 meters before coming to rest across a ditch. The investigators were not able to determine the cause of the accident. Technical problems and weather circumstances were ruled out.
Primary Cause
Terrain encountered during approach, likely exacerbated by technical problems and potentially adverse weather conditions.Terrain encountered during approach, likely exacerbated by technical problems and potentially adverse weather conditions.Share on:
