Crash of the Ekster
KLM Lockheed Super Electra · Crashed during a training flight
From Schiphol to Schiphol
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
- 4 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- 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
- 0
- 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
Lockheed Super Electra
- Aircraft type
- Lockheed SUPER ELECTRA
- 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
- Unknown
- Operator
- KLM
- Onboard fatalities
- 4
- Route
- From SchipholTo Schiphol
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The crash of the Ekster was an air accident involving PH-APE, named the Ekster, a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra of the Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij. This accident cost the lives of four KLM employees.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Dutch Wikipedia article “Crash van de Ekster” (revision 70954457, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Dutch Wikipedia article: Crash van de Ekster
- Article
- Crash van de Ekster
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 70954457 · 2026-04-05 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q126174552
- 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
- nl Wikipedia article "Crash van de Ekster" (page 5857177, revision 70954457), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A KLM airliner on a local flight from Schiphol back to Schiphol with only four KLM employees on board: the airline's own non-revenue flight. The article: "PH-APE, named the Ekster, a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra of the Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Dutch Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.