Croydon – Amsterdam

On August 22, 1927 at 08:30 AM, Croydon – Amsterdam experienced a crash involving Fokker F8, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Sevenoaks Kent.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 9.1%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Ten minutes after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while approaching Sevenoaks, the pilot encountered severe vibrations when the aircraft sharply banked to the right. He elected to trim the aircraft without success. The twin engine machine stalled and crashed in a wooded area located in Sevenoaks. The flight engineer J. Brunklaus was killed while all 10 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration H-NADU, MSN 4993, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2745°, 0.1961°.