1979 Ankara Turkish Airlines F28 crash
A Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 similar to the one involved. This aircraft crashed four years earlier. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 23, 1979 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to diversion from ILS followed by extreme turbulence |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 |
| Aircraft name | Trabzon |
| Operator | Turkish Airlines |
| Registration | TC-JAT |
| Flight origin | Samsun Airport, Samsun, Turkey |
| Destination | Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 41 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Survivors | 4 |
On December 23, 1979, a Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 airliner, registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon, on a domestic passenger flight from Samsun Airport to Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, flew into the side of a hill 1,400 m (4,600 ft) near the village of Kuyumcuköy in Çubuk district of Ankara Province, 32 km (20 mi) north-northeast of the destination airport on approach to landing.
The crew had deviated from the localizer course while on an ILS approach experiencing severe turbulence.