Aegean Region (Ege Bölgesi)

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Captain / Total flying hours:

7584

Captain / Total hours on type:

3500.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2736

Copilot / Total hours on type:

787

Aircraft flight hours:

19334

Circumstances:

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.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by a wrong use of the navigation aids on part of the flying crew. The cause was attributed mainly to the lack of adherence to the company procedures, especially in respect of crew coordination during approach and basic instrument flying procedures. At the time of the accident, the terminal radar was not available.

Crash of a Grumman S-2A Tracker off Foça: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1986

Type of aircraft:

Grumman S-2 Tracker

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Registration:

TCB-146

Flight Phase:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

707

YOM:

1958

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Foça

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-1-DL at Çiğli AFB

Date & Time: Jan 8, 1981

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Registration:

HEK-15

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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MSN:

20883

YOM:

1944

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Çiğli AFB (Izmir)

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Çiğli AFB. Occupants fate unknown.

Crash of a Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 in Izmir: 66 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1974 at 0730 LT

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F28 Fellowship

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Registration:

TC-JAO

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Schedule:

Izmir - Istanbul

MSN:

11057

YOM:

1972

Flight number:

TK301

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Izmir-Cumaovasi

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Captain / Total flying hours:

2600

Captain / Total hours on type:

577.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2794

Copilot / Total hours on type:

395

Aircraft flight hours:

2269

Aircraft flight cycles:

3133

Circumstances:

Shortly after closing the doors and receiving tower permission the aircraft was taxied to the threshold of Runway 35 and began a rolling takeoff without delay. According to witnesses the aircraft had run approximately 3,200 feet before becoming airborne. When about 8 to 10 meters above the ground it yawed to the left and pitched nose-down. Contact with the ground was made in a nearly level attitude, first by the outboard fairing doors of the left wing flap, then by the left side of the fuselage belly, hitting the bank of a drainage ditch, which parallels the left (west) side of the runway at a distance of 28 meters from the runway. The aircraft then disintegrated and caught fire within 100 meters of travel. A crew member and six passengers survived while 66 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The aircraft stalled on takeoff due to over-rotation and frost accretion on the wings. The aircraft remained overnight at Cumaovasi Airport in an open area. In the morning, 26 January at 0400 GMT, the temperature was 0° C and the relative humidity was 95%. When the takeoff was made the temperature had reached +3° C and the humidity 97%. In that weather condition some frost accretion existed on the upper wing surfaces and elevators. (The same kind of frost occurred on the wings of another F28 waiting at the apron at the same hours next day under almost the same meteorological conditions.) During the walk-around inspection prior to takeoff, frost formation was not noticed. It is quite possible that the temperature on the wings and tail of an aircraft parked overnight in the open could be even lower due to radiation. The length of Cumaovasi runway is 6,005 feet. According to the temperature and to the load of the aircraft a run of 2,800 feet is required to reach V1 and VR. Indications of the flight data recorder were that the aircraft became airborne when it reached 124 kt and a 3,200 feet run. The data recorder also showed that the speed of the aircraft reached 133 kt then dropped to 124 kt when it veered left. This indicates that the aircraft was rotated more than the normal angle of attack. It is believed that the frost accretion on the wings caused the aircraft to stall soon after takeoff, whereas it would have flown safely in normal conditions. Because of the low altitude after takeoff the pilot could not recover from the stall.

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Crash of a Lockheed C-130E Hercules near Akhisar: 10 killed

Date & Time: Oct 19, 1968

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

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Registration:

17949

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Mountains

MSN:

4100

YOM:

1965

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Akhisar

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Lockheed L-749 Constellation

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The aircraft was completing a liaison flight to Izmir-Cumaovasi Airport when it struck the slope of a mountain located in the region of Akhisar. All 10 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Lockheed L-749A Constellation off Fethiye: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 3, 1953 at 0328 LT

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F-BAZS

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Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Paris – Rome – Beirut – Tehran

MSN:

2628

YOM:

1950

Flight number:

AF152

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Fethiye

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Captain / Total flying hours:

5201

Copilot / Total flying hours:

5574

Aircraft flight hours:

10058

Circumstances:

While cruising at an altitude of 17,500 feet between Rhodes Island and Cyprus, the crew noted slight vibrations but was unable to localize them. Four minutes later, a loud bang was noted, an explosion occurred, a brutal depressurization occurred and the aircraft lost 1,000 feet. The captain, who was sleeping, joined immediately his seat, disengaged the automatic pilot system and started an emergency descent with a rate of 300-500 feet per minute. In the mean time, the copilot informed ATC he elected to divert to Nicosia Airport. The crew realized that the engine number three fell off and decided to shut down the engine number four and feathered its propeller. Eventually, the captain decided to ditch the aircraft on a calm sea about two NM off the Fethiye lighthouse. Ten minutes after landing, the empennage broke off and sank. Some passengers swum to the shore and the aircraft eventually sank two hours later. Three crew members were injured, 35 occupants were unhurt and four passengers were killed.

Probable cause:

In reference to all details collected by investigators, it is believed that the physical loss of the engine number three was caused by the loss of a propeller blade in flight. The cause of this failure could not be determined with certainty.

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Crash of a Douglas C-47B-5-DK in Emirdağ: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1950

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Registration:

6017

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Plain, Valley

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Afyonkarahisar – Kayseri

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26047/14602

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1944

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Emirdağ

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Few minutes after its departure, while flying about 50 km northeast of the Afyonkarahisar Airport, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Emirdağ. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Martin 187 Baltimore V in Kütahya: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1950

Type of aircraft:

Martin 187 Baltimore

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Registration:

5328

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Takeoff (climb)

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Kütahya – Kayseri

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Kütahya

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Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed. All three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right engine shortly after rotation.

Crash of a Martin 187 Baltimore in Kütahya AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1950

Type of aircraft:

Martin 187 Baltimore

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Registration:

5320

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

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Yes

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Kütahya - Kütahya

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Kütahya

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