Turkey

Crashed in unknown circumstances. Occupant's fate unknown.

Shortly after takeoff from Güvercinlik AFB, while climbing in poor weather conditions, the crew reported engines problems and severe vibrations. He was cleared to divert to Ankara-Esenboğa Airport when the aircraft lost height and crashed on the parking of a post office located in the district of Yenimahalle in Ankara. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all five occupants were killed as well as one people on the ground, among them General Eşref Turgut Bitlis, Chief of the Turkish Police. At the time of the accident, visibility was limited to 1,500 metres due to snow falls with an OAT of -4° C.
Crew:
Yaşar Erian, pilot,
Yüzbaşı Tuğrul Sezginler, pilot.
Passengers:
Gen Eşref Turgut Bitlis,
Col Fahir Işık,
Sgt-Maj Emin Öner.

The pilot departed Cengiz Topel NAS on a local training flight. En route, the aircraft suffered an engine failure and crashed in a hilly terrain near Kurtköy. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

The twin engine aircraft departed Adana on a special mission over the Hatay province consisting of the mapping of a forest area located along the border with Syria. While cruising about 20 km from the border, overt the Turkish territory, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Syrian Air Force MiG-21 fighter. Out of control, the aircraft entered a dive and crashed near Antakya. All five occupants were killed.

After takeoff from Ankara-Esenboga Airport, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height and struck the ILS antenna located 300 meters past the runway end. The crew informed ATC about the situation and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. All 165 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

The crew started the approach to Izmir-Adnan Menderes and the copilot was the pilot-in-command. He was cleared to the Outer Marker (CU NDB) then for an ILS approach to runway 35. After passing the NDB, the crew switched to ILS and thus couldn't verify his position while in the procedure turn. The aircraft was outside the 35° sector of the ILS centreline and the crew followed the wrong side beam. The aircraft descended too low and struck the slope of Mt Dümentepe (800 meters high) located about 18 km southwest of the airport. It disintegrated on impact and all 16 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Wolfgang Hechler, pilot,
Helmuth Zöller, copilot,
Lothar Mühlmeister, steward,
Susan Epple, stewardess,
Susanne Kaltenbach, stewardess.
Passengers:
Zeki Aktaş,
Mübeccel Can,
Ethem Delinaslan,
Necla Demirel,
Tülay Yildiz,
Müslim Yildiz,
Mustafa Azur,
Hüseyin Vidinli,
Faruk Şimşek,
Tanza Akçif,
Sadri Yetmişbir.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Aegean Sea off Foça while completing a maritime patrol flight. All five crew members were killed.

The crew was completing a local test flight in Kayseri-Erkilet when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

On final approach to Ankara-Esenboğa Airport by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. On short final, the three engine airplane struck the ground 50 meters short of runway and crashed, bursting into flames. Twenty occupants were injured while 47 passengers were killed.

The four engine airplane was engaged in a round trip from Incirlik AFB via Sinop, Erzurum and Erzincan. On the leg from Erzurum to Erzincan, while cruising at an altitude of 20,000 feet, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and disintegrated in a snow covered field located in Gevenlik, about 68 km northeast of Erzincan Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 27 occupants were killed.