Passengers 24 Fatalities 3 Date 4 April 1994 Injuries (nonfatal) 9 Survivor 21 | Crew 3 Survivors 21 Number of deaths 3 Operator KLM Cityhopper | |
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Summary Equipment failure leading to pilot error Site Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Location Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Similar Nigeria Airways Flight 9805, Air Algérie Flight 702P, 1994 Iranian Air Force C‑1, Iran Aseman Airlines Fl, United Express Flight 6291 | ||
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.
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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. After shutting down the number 2 engine, the crew request 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. Because of this, the airplane rolled to the right, pitched up, stalled and hit the ground at 80 degrees bank.
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.