ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4-1009 PH-TCF Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 16 June 1948
Time:16:00 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-4-1009
Operator:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration: PH-TCF
MSN: 42996
First flight: 1946
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) (   Netherlands)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland
Destination airport:Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands
Narrative:
The DC-4, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, sustained severe structural damage in a landing accident at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS), the Netherlands. The 20 passengers and seven crew members were not injured.
The DC-4, named "Friesland", was approaching Schiphol Airport runway 23 following a regular passenger flight from Geneva, Switzerland. At 500 m short of the runway the airspeed was 160 km/h. The undercarriage was down and flaps were selected at 3/4. The flight engineer told the captain that the speed was a bit low. The captain decided not to change the power setting and continued the approach. Overflying the perimeter road, the captain ordered full flaps and to close the throttles. The flight engineer assumed that they would undershoot the runway. He retarded the throttles slowly and selected full flaps. The airplane then contacted trees and touched down on the edge of a ditch, 175 metres short of the runway. The DC-4 bounced and came down on the runway.
The aircraft sustained severe structural damage and was considered damaged beyond repair.

Probable Cause:

CONCLUSION: "The accident was caused by a piloting fault of the captain, who came in unnecessary low and too slow."

Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot

Sources:
» Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1948 / H.Dekker


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Distance from Genève-Cointrin Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 677 km (423 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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