Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JUL 1930 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: | Farman F.63bis Goliath |
| Operator: | SGTA - Société Générale des Transports Aériens |
| Registration: | F-ADFQ |
| C/n / msn: | 42 |
| First flight: | 1921 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aalsmeer (Netherlands)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Rotterdam-Waalhaven Airport, Netherlands |
Shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam (AMS) an elevator control cable failed. The pilot lost control and the airplane struck terrain. One crew member was killed.
The airplane operated on a mail flight from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Paris-le Bourget, France with en route stops at Rotterdam-Waalhaven Airport, Antwerp en Brussels.
Sources:
» Le Farman «Goliath» / par Gérard Hartmann
» Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1930 / H. Dekker
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport to Rotterdam-Waalhaven Airport as the crow flies is 52 km (33 miles).
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport to Rotterdam-Waalhaven Airport as the crow flies is 52 km (33 miles).
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.
