Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Croydon

On October 19, 1923 at 12:00 AM, Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Croydon experienced a crash involving Fokker F3, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Goodwin Sands Kent.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching the British coast at a height of 2,000 feet, the pilot encountered engine problems and made an emergency landing on a sand bank called 'Goodwin Sands' and located some five miles off Deal, Kent. Less than an hour later, the crew of ship named 'Primo' could evacuate all four occupants who were uninjured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Crew: Iwan Smirnoff, pilot. Passengers: Mr. Carsch, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Stichling, all German citizens.

Aircraft reference details include registration H-NABH, MSN 1504, year of manufacture 1921.