KLM Cityhopper Flight 433

KLM Cityhopper Flight 433
A KLM Cityhopper Saab 340 similar to the one involved.
Accident
Date 4 April 1994
Summary Equipment failure leading to pilot error
Site Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aircraft type Saab 340B
Operator KLM Cityhopper
Registration PH-KSH
Flight origin Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Destination Cardiff International Airport, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Passengers 24
Crew 3
Fatalities 3
Injuries 9
Survivors 21

KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 was a Saab 340B, registered as PH-KSH, which crashed during an emergency landing in 1994. Flight 433 was a routine scheduled flight from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Cardiff, Wales.

Accident

The aircraft took off from Amsterdam at 12:19 pm. 11 minutes after takeoff, at 12:30 pm, the crew mistakenly believed that the number 2 engine suffered from low oil pressure because of a faulty warning light. The captain retarded the no. 2 engine power lever slowly to flight idle, and the crew requested to return to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. On short final (the last stage of flight before landing), at a height of 90 feet, the captain decided to go-around (abort the landing and try again) and gave full throttle. However he only gave full throttle on the number one engine, leaving the other in flight idle.[1] Because of this, the airplane rolled to the right, pitched up, stalled and hit the ground at 80 degrees bank.[2]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Saab 340, registration PH-KSH which had first flown in 1990. PH-KSH makes an appearance in the 1993 Christmas special, "Sea Fever", of the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.

Result of crash

Of the twenty-four people on board, three were killed, including the captain. Nine others were seriously injured.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aviacrash.nl/paginas/ph-ksh.htm
  2. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Saab 340B PH-KSH Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

Coordinates: 52°17′26″N 4°44′59″E / 52.2906°N 4.7498°E / 52.2906; 4.7498

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