Fokker F3 crash, Oct 19, 1923, Goodwin Sands Kent
Fokker F3 accident on October 19, 1923 near Goodwin Sands Kent, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure at about 2,000 feet while...
- Date: October 19, 1923
- Aircraft: Fokker F3
- Location: Goodwin Sands Kent, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine failure at about 2,000 feet while approaching the British coast.
The KLM Fokker F.III H-NABH, flying from Amsterdam toward Croydon, suffered engine failure at about 2,000 feet and landed on the Goodwin Sands off Deal, Kent, on 19 October 1923. The pilot and passengers were picked up by the steamer Primo before the rising tide flooded the sandbank, and the aircraft was lost.