Date:	Saturday 23 September 1961
Time:	20:02
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 100
Owner/operator:	Türk Hava Yollari - THY
Registration:	TC-TAY
MSN:	10182
Year of manufacture:	1961
Total airframe hrs:	111 hours
Cycles:	140 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 29
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 18 km from Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB) -   Turkey
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF)
Destination airport:	Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The F-27 crashed 18 km from the left side of the extended centreline of Ankara runway 03, one minute after reporting leaving the Ankara radio range.
The airplane operated flight TK835 from Cyprus to Istanbul with en route stops at Adana and Ankara.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "During the approach to the airport the aircraft was not in the normal pattern and was below the normal altitude."

ICAO Circular 69-AN/61 (201)
Willem Wendt
Milliyet 24-9-1961

photo (c) Firuz Altingoz; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) [PH]; September 1961

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