Date: | Saturday 27 December 1947 |
Time: | 12:40 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Registration: | PH-TCV |
MSN: | 12309 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Leeuwarden -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
Destination airport: | Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR/EHLW) |
Narrative:C-47 PH-TCV had departed Amsterdam on a domestic flight to Leeuwarden (ETA 12:40) and Eelde. Weather near Leeuwarden was poor: cloud base at 100 m and heavy rainfall. Overhead the city of Leeuwarden a missed approach procedure was carried out, because the pilot couldn't see the airport. Just after raising the landing gear, the left wing of the aircraft struck the 70 m high St. Bonifatius church-steeple. The outer 3 m of the wing broke off, but the pilots managed to continue to a field near Boxum, where they carried out a belly landing. The aircraft skidded across 3 ditches, losing both propellers.
Sources:
Brokkenboek 1945-1955 / H.Dekker, H.Wadman
Dakota : DC-3/C47's onder Nederlandse vlag
Location
Images:
photo (c) Sagers, Harry / Anefo; Nationaal Archief; near Leeuwarden; 28 December 1947; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Sagers, Harry / Anefo; Nationaal Archief; near Leeuwarden; 28 December 1947; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Sagers, Harry / Anefo; Nationaal Archief; near Leeuwarden; 28 December 1947; (CC:by-sa)
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