Accident Fokker F.III H-NABM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34295
 
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Date:Thursday 25 June 1925
Time:11:30 LT
Type:Fokker F.III
Owner/operator:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration: H-NABM
MSN: KLM2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Forest of Mormal, north of Landrecies, Nord Department -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Brussels, Belgium
Destination airport:Paris-Orly Airport, Paris (ORY/LFPO)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed en route Schiphol (Amsterdam)-Rotterdam-Brussels-Paris.
The aircraft strayed off course by about 6 km, causing it to enter an area with fog. The aircraft was flying low over a forested hilly area until the right wing hit tree tops. The aircraft crashed in the forest of Mormal, north of Landrecies. All four occupants were killed, among them the pilot Hendrik Klunder (aged 32) and the three passengers

NOTE: This aircraft was Fokker F.III H-NABM "The Second". The original H-NABM was c/no. 1509, which was wrecked in a crash at Croydon, Airport, Croydon, Surrey on 17.7.23. The above aircraft was rebuilt with parts of H-NABM "the first" with a new c/no. "KLM2"

Sources:

1. Leeuwarder Courant, 26 June 1925, page 1
2. http://www.aviacrash.nl/paginas/h-nabm.htm
3. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1925.htm#25.06.1925

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
27-May-2009 00:24 harro Updated
31-Dec-2010 12:48 JaWo Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source]
25-Mar-2011 15:36 TB Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Mar-2011 10:42 TB Updated [Source]
19-Apr-2012 00:25 Anon. Updated [Source]
08-Apr-2019 22:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Apr-2019 22:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
08-Apr-2019 22:57 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Aug-2019 08:21 harro Updated [Source, Narrative]

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