Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
Status:
Date:14 NOV 1946
Type:Douglas C-47A-90-DL
Operator:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration: PH-TBW
C/n / msn: 20122
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Total:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) (Netherlands) show on map
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom
Destination airport:Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands
Narrative:
PH-TBW approached Schiphol airport in bad weather conditions. The first two attempts to land had failed. While approaching for the 3rd time, the pilot found himself not properly lined up with the runway. A sharp left turn was made during which the aircraft struck the ground. The C-47 crashed and burst into flames.

Sources:
» Dakota : DC-3/C47's onder Nederlandse vlag
» The Civil Aircraft Registers of the Netherlands / 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 London-Croydon Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 349 km (218 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.
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