Amsterdam – Paris

On May 25, 1953 at 03:30 PM, Amsterdam – Paris experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Amsterdam North Holland.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 32 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.9%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After a run of 700 meters on runway 05, the captain started to rotate. During the initial climb, at a height of approximately 50 to 60 feet and at a speed of 233 km/h, the pilot-in-command retracted the flaps when the aircraft lost height and stalled. The pilot closed the throttles and belly landed the airplane on the remaining runway. The aircraft slid for 200 meters, overran, crossed a road where it struck two standing girls before coming to rest near a drainage ditch, broken in two. All 34 occupants were evacuated safely while two girls aged 16 and 4 were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-TEI, MSN 125, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3418°, 4.8234°.