The 1946 KLM Douglas C-47 Amsterdam accident was the crash of a
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij Naamloze vennootschap, N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with i ...
flight from London to Amsterdam on 14 November 1946. The accident occurred as the aircraft was attempting to land at Amsterdam's airport in poor weather. All 26 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Accident
The civil-use converted
C-47 Skytrain was on a scheduled flight from London, England to
Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The crew was cleared to land the aircraft at
Schiphol Airport in poor weather. The first attempt to land failed and the crew had to perform a
go-around. The second approach to land also failed. On the third approach to land the aircraft made a sudden turn to the left, apparently trying to line up with the runway.
During this turn the aircraft struck the ground and crashed. The aircraft caught fire on impact, killing all 21 passengers and five crew on board. The victims included Dutch novelist
Herman de Man.
At the time it happened, the accident was the worst aviation accident in the history of the Netherlands.
[Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL PH-TBW Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport](_blank)
/ref> Eight days earlier another KLM DC-3 operating on the same route in the opposite direction, crashed on approach to London's Croydon Airport
Croydon Airport (former ICAO code: EGCR) was the UK's only international airport during the interwar period. Located in Croydon, South London, England, it opened in 1920, built in a Neoclassical style, and was developed as Britain's main air ...
in poor weather. There were no fatalities in the London crash but the aircraft was written off.Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL PH-TBO near Shere, 6 November 1946
retrieved 8 July 2012
References
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Crash photo of PH-TBW
{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1946
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