Croydon - Rotterdam - Amsterdam

On July 12, 1927 at 05:40 PM, Croydon - Rotterdam - Amsterdam experienced a crash involving Fokker F7, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Boisdinghem Pas-de-Calais.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While overflying Pas-de-Calais below the cloud layer, the pilot encountered technical problems and attempted to make an emergency landing in a prairie. On final, he cut the engine when the aircraft impacted the roof of a metallic shed and crashed into trees. While all eight occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration H-NADQ, MSN 4991, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7485°, 2.0934°.