Turkish Airlines Flight 835

Turkish Airlines Flight 835
A Fokker F27-100 of Turkish Airlines landing at Ellinikon International Airport.
Crash
Date 23 September 1961
Summary Struck hill on final approach
Site Karanlıktepe, Ankara Province, Turkey
Aircraft
Aircraft type Fokker F27 Friendship 100
Operator Turkish Airlines
Registration TC-TAY
Stopover Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Turkey
Destination Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Passengers 25
Crew 4
Fatalities 28
Survivors 1

Turkish Airlines Flight 835 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana to Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey. On 23 September 1961 at 20:02 EET (18:02 UTC), the aircraft operating the flight, a brand-new Fokker F27 Friendship 100 struck the Karanlıktepe hill in Ankara Province on final approach some 18 kilometres (11 mi) off the runway centerline.[1]

The aircraft was carrying four crewmembers and 25 passengers of which 24 passengers and all four crewmembers were killed in the accident.[2]

The probable cause of the accident was that the aircraft was not in the normal flying pattern and was well below its designated altitude.[3]

References

  1. "Accident Details 1961-37". Plane Crash Info. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  2. "Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 TC-TAY Ankara (ESB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  3. "TBMM" (PDF) (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
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