KLM - Royal Dutch Airline

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: KLM - Royal Dutch Airline

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2024-12-28 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737 (NPHBXM) No injuries

Operated by KLM - Royal Dutch Airline (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case DCA25WA073
Incident · 1991-10-17 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747-300 (NPHBUU) No injuries Part 129

Operated by KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINE (per NTSB report)

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND HIS FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO AROUND TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. A FACTOR WAS THE LOW ALTITUDE AT WHICH HE INITIATED THE SIDE STEP MANEUVER FOR WHICH HE WAS CLEARED.

Source: NTSB case FTW92IA010
Accident · 1991-06-16 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747-400 (NPHBFG) Serious injury Part 129

Operated by KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINE (per NTSB report)

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ENSURE CABIN CREW MEMBERS WERE PREPARED FOR AN ENCOUNTER WITH TURBULENCE.

Source: NTSB case BFO91LA055

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
NPHBFGOperator named in NTSB report
NPHBUUOperator named in NTSB report
NPHBXMOperator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.

1 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.

  • NPHBUU — records 1991 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NPHBFG — records 1991 · no longer on the FAA registry