Accident Convair CV-240-4 PH-TEI,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335350

Date:	Monday 25 May 1953
Time:	15:30
Type:	Convair CV-240-4
Owner/operator:	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration:	PH-TEI
MSN:	125
Year of manufacture:	1948
Total airframe hrs:	7104 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Netherlands
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Destination airport:	Paris (unknown airport)

Narrative:
Convair CV-240 "Paulus Potter" taxied to runway 05 for takeoff. The airplane accelerated down the runway and after a ground run of 700 m, the captain rotated the plane. After flap retraction at a height of about 60 feet and a speed of 145 mph, the airplane started to lose height. The captain closed the throttles and belly landed on the runway. The airplane slid 200 m down the runway, continued past the threshold, crossed a road and came to rest in a field. Many spectators were present on the road and two girls were killed as the airplane crossed the road.

Sources:

Uitspraak Raad voor de Luchtvaart

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

23 July 1965 N8415H Allegheny Airlines 0 8 km ENE of Montoursville, PA w/o

Location

Images:

photo (c) ANP Foundation; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); May 1953; (CC:by-nc-nd)

photo (c) Pot, Harry / Anefo; Nationaal Archief; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 25 May 1953; (CC:by-sa)

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