FLIGHT FINDINGSAVIATION OCCURRENCE MAP
Back to map

NLM CityHopper Flight 431

6 Oct 1981 · Moerdijk, near Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands

Fokker F-28-4000 · Structural failure in severe turbulence

From Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)

Show on map Read the Wikipedia article
Report a problem

Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
18 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
1
Occupants
17
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Fokker F-28-4000

Aircraft type
Fokker F-28
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PH-CHI
Onboard fatalities
17
Route
From Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)To Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

NLM CityHopper Flight 431 was a flight by a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was operating an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6 October 1981, the aircraft encountered a tornado on the first leg, minutes after taking off from Rotterdam Airport, and crashed 15 mi south-southeast of Rotterdam. All 17 occupants of the aircraft – 13 passengers and 4 crew members– died in the accident.

Text from the Wikipedia article “NLM CityHopper Flight 431” (revision 1370941811, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: NLM CityHopper Flight 431
Article
NLM CityHopper Flight 431
Revision
1370941811 · 2026-08-23 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q2303215
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
Wikipedia article "NLM CityHopper Flight 431" (page 3852041, revision 1370941811)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities plus ground fatalities
Ground fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.