KLM Cityhopper E295 at Amsterdam on Sep 15th 2026, rudder failure

Last Update: September 17, 2026 / 18:52:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 15, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM Cityhopper

Flight number
KL-1531

Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Destination
Valencia, Spain

Aircraft Registration
PH-NXH

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195-E2

ICAO Type Designator
E295

Airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam

Airport ICAO Code
EHAM

A KLM Cityhopper Embraer ERJ-195-E2, registration PH-NXH performing flight KL-1531 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Valencia,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Amsterdam's runway 18L when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 reporting their rudder had failed, they needed to return to Amsterdam and could accept only 3 knots of cross wind for landing. It was determined that the cross wind for runway 24 was only 2 knots, hence the crew opted for that runway and landed safely on runway 24 about 30 minutes after departure.

A replacement ERJ-195-E2 registration PH-NXK reached Valencia with a delay of about 3.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 6 hours after landing.

Metars:
EHAM 151355Z 25014KT 220V280 CAVOK 23/15 Q1013 NOSIG=
EHAM 151325Z 24010KT 210V270 CAVOK 24/12 Q1013 NOSIG=
EHAM 151255Z 23011KT 200V260 9999 FEW045 24/13 Q1013 NOSIG=
EHAM 151225Z 23015KT 9999 FEW040 24/14 Q1014 NOSIG=
EHAM 151155Z 23014KT 9999 FEW035 24/15 Q1014 NOSIG=
EHAM 151125Z 23013KT 200V260 9999 FEW030 25/15 Q1014 NOSIG=
EHAM 151055Z 23015KT 200V260 9999 FEW030 24/16 Q1014 NOSIG=
EHAM 151025Z 23014KT 190V260 9999 FEW025 24/17 Q1014 NOSIG=
EHAM 150955Z 20009KT 170V230 9999 FEW018 23/18 Q1015 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 15, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM Cityhopper

Flight number
KL-1531

Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Destination
Valencia, Spain

Aircraft Registration
PH-NXH

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195-E2

ICAO Type Designator
E295

Airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam

Airport ICAO Code
EHAM

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