Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Paris

On July 9, 1930 at 04:32 PM, Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Paris experienced a crash involving Farman F.63bis Goliath, operated by Société Générale des Transports Aériens - SGTA, with the event recorded near Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Two minutes after takeoff from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered stability problems and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a field located in Aalsmeer, some two km south of the airport. While the pilot and the radio navigator were slightly injured, the mechanic was seriously injured and died few hours later. Crew: P. Guillaud, pilot, A. Vélard, mechanic, † R. Manne, radio navigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ADFQ, MSN 42, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3270°, 4.7415°.