Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 AUG 1924 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: | Farman F.61 Goliath |
| Operator: | SGTA - Société Générale des Transports Aériens |
| Registration: | F-ADFP |
| C/n / msn: | 41 |
| First flight: | 1921 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS) (Netherlands) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| ? |
One of the Goliath's two engines lost power following the failure of a piston rod shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands.
A forced landing was carried out during which the airplane ran through a ditch.
Sources:
» Le Farman «Goliath» / par Gérard Hartmann
» Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1924 / H. Dekker
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
