KLM Cityhopper Flight 433

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KLM Cityhopper Flight 433

Accident summary
Date	4 April 1994
Type	Pilot error and equipment failure
Site	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands
Passengers	21
Crew	3
Injuries	9
Fatalities	3
Survivors	21
Aircraft type	Saab Saab 340
Operator	KLM Cityhopper

On 4 April 1994, KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 to Cardiff, a 33 seater Saab 340 turboprop aircraft operated by KLM Cityhopper, crashed at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The plane attempted to return to Schiphol 20 minutes after takeoff, after setting the number two engine to flight idle. The crew mistakenly believed that the engine suffered from low oil pressure because of a faulty warning light. On final approach at a height of 90 feet, the captain decided to go-around and gave full throttle, however only 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. Of the twenty-four people on board, three were killed including the captain. Nine others were seriously injured.

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• Fatal Events Since 1970 for KLM
• CVR transcript KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 - 04 APR 1994

v • d • e ← 1993 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994 1995→ Baikal Airlines crash (January 3) — 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown (March 17) — March 23: Aeroflot Flight 593 and Green Ramp disaster — KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 (April 4) — FedEx Flight 705 (April 7) — Black Hawk shootdown incident (April 14) — China Airlines Flight 140 (April 26) — 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash (June 2) — China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 (June 6) — 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash (June 24) — A330 test flight crash (June 30) — USAir Flight 1016 (July 2) — Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 (July 19) — USAir Flight 427 (September 8) — Frank Eugene Corder incident (September 12) — American Eagle Flight 4184 (October 31) - TWA Flight 427 (November 22) — Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (December 11) — Air Algérie Flight 702P (December 21) — Air France Flight 8969 (December 24) — Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (December 29) Bold blue indicates incidents resulting at least 50 deaths (current article is always in bold black) Orange indicates the deadliest incident in 1994