Turkish Airlines Flight 835
A Fokker F27-100 of Turkish Airlines landing at Ellinikon International Airport.
Crash
Date23 September 1961
SummaryStruck hill on final approach
SiteKaranlıktepe, Ankara Province, Turkey
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker F27 Friendship 100
OperatorTurkish Airlines
RegistrationTC-TAY
StopoverAdana Şakirpaşa Airport, Turkey
DestinationEsenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Passengers25
Crew4
Fatalities28
Survivors1

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]

There were 25 passengers and four crew on board, of which 24 passengers and all four crew members 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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