Amsterdam - Cardiff

On April 4, 1994 at 02:46 PM, Amsterdam - Cardiff experienced a crash involving Saab 340, operated by KLM Cityhopper, with the event recorded near Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland.

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

24 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 21 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 21, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After take off from runway 24, the aircraft followed a VALKO departure as cleared by Air Traffic Control (ATC) . During climb, passing flight level 165 (FL165), the Master Warning was triggered by the right engine oil pressure Central Warning Panel (CWP) light. The Captain slowly retarded the right hand power lever to flight idle and called for the emergency checklist. After completion of the emergency checklist procedure, the right hand engine oil pressure CWP light was still on and the Captain decided to return to Amsterdam . The right hand engine remained in flight idle during the remainder of the flight. While returning to Amsterdam, the flight was radar vectored by ATC for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach on runway 06 . After passing approximately 200 feet height, the aircraft became displaced to the right of the runway and a go around was initiated. During the go around, control of the aircraft was lost and, at 12 :46 UTC, the aircraft hit the ground, in a slight nose low attitude with approximately 80° bank to the right, approximately 560 meters right from the runway 06 centerline, just outside the airport. Two passengers and the Captain died in the accident; eight passengers and the First Officer (FO) were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-KSH, MSN 195, year of manufacture 1990.

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