ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342202
| Date: | Friday 9 December 1938 |
| Time: | 11:20 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-APE |
| MSN: | 1413 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 323 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright GR-1820 Cyclone |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS) -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
On takeoff engine no. 2 failed at low altitude due to mishandling. "Ekster" dove into ground next to farm, struck a dyke and caught fire.
Sources:
Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1938 / Herman Dekker
aviacrash.nl
Location
Images:
photo (c) Stadsarchief Amsterdam; Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS); 09 December 1938; (publicdomain)
photo (c) Stadsarchief Amsterdam; Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS); 1938; (publicdomain)
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