Amsterdam - Amsterdam

On December 9, 1938 at 11:20 AM, Amsterdam - Amsterdam experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Amsterdam North Holland.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a training mission around Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Shortly after takeoff from runway 01/19, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft christened 'Ekster' stalled and crashed in flames in a garden located some 1,500 metres from runway end. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. All four crew were killed. Delivered last 15 of March, it totalized 323 flying hours. Crew: Arie van der Sijde, instructor, Cornelius Menne Schreij, pilot, Antony Albert Garrit Bekking, flight engineer, Karl Leo Hans Jaedicke, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-APE, MSN 1413, year of manufacture 1938.

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