Narrative:
The four-engined airliner named "Kwikstaart" took off from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport at 09:37 on an international flight to Malmö, Sweden with planned en route stops at Hamburg and Copenhagen. Engines no. 1 and 2 began losing power, forcing the pilot to return to the airport.
The airplane struck the slope of the A4 motorway and crashed. A fire erupted.
Conclusions:
1) Insufficient fuel supply to the engines during takeoff might have made it necessary to manually pump additional fuel. In very unfavourable circumtances there still may be insufficient fuel pressure.
2) The decision of the pilot to return to the airport instead of carrying out a forced landing.
Loss of control
» Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1935 / Herman Dekker
accident date: 14-07-1935
type: Fokker F.XXII
registration: PH-AJQ
accident date: 14-07-1935
type: Fokker F.XXII
registration: PH-AJQ
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 14 July 1935 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: | Fokker F.XXII |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-AJQ |
| MSN: | 5358 |
| First flight: | 1935 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-1340-T1D1 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft 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 |
| Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH), Germany |
The four-engined airliner named "Kwikstaart" took off from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport at 09:37 on an international flight to Malmö, Sweden with planned en route stops at Hamburg and Copenhagen. Engines no. 1 and 2 began losing power, forcing the pilot to return to the airport.
The airplane struck the slope of the A4 motorway and crashed. A fire erupted.
Probable Cause:
Conclusions:
1) Insufficient fuel supply to the engines during takeoff might have made it necessary to manually pump additional fuel. In very unfavourable circumtances there still may be insufficient fuel pressure.
2) The decision of the pilot to return to the airport instead of carrying out a forced landing.
Classification:
Fuel starvationLoss of control
Sources:
» aviacrash.nl» Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1935 / Herman Dekker
Photos
accident date: 14-07-1935
type: Fokker F.XXII
registration: PH-AJQ
accident date: 14-07-1935
type: Fokker F.XXII
registration: PH-AJQ
Video, social media
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 Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport as the crow flies is 377 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport to Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport as the crow flies is 377 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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