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Accidents · NTSB DCA98WA069 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Boeing 747 incident near Amsterdam, Nl, July 20, 1998

On July 20, 1998, a Boeing 747, registered N482EV, was involved in an incident near Amsterdam. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. 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
July 20, 1998
Place
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Type
Incident
Injuries
No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
Weather
conditions the NTSB did not record
Aircraft
Boeing 747 · all 747s on the register
Registration
N482EV · no longer on the register
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)

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

The aircraft

  • Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Not recorded
  • Operator: Evergreen International Airway

The flight

  • Flight plan: IFR
  • 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)

Injuries

FatalSeriousMinorNone
Crew3

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

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Other NTSB records under N482EV the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time

2010-11-28ENG11WA005 · incident near Chubu, Japan · no injuries

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.