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Accidents · NTSB DCA88WA050 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Boeing 747 incident near Schiphol-Amster, Nl, April 14, 1988

On April 14, 1988, a Boeing 747, registered N1295E, suffered minor damage in an incident near Schiphol-Amster. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under general aviation rules (Part 91, subpart F). The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
April 14, 1988
Place
Schiphol-Amster, Netherlands
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
conditions the NTSB did not record
Aircraft
Boeing 747 · all 747s on the register
Registration
N1295E · no longer on the register
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · general aviation rules (Part 91, subpart F)

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
  • Seats: 0
  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Not recorded

The flight

  • Destination: Europe OF
  • Flight plan: none
  • Runway 0

Weather at the time

  • Light: not reported
  • Sky: not recorded; not recorded
  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.