Turkish Airlines Flight 835

Turkish Airlines Flight 835 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Adana Şakirpaşa Airport,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]

Turkish Airlines Flight 835

A Fokker F27-100 of Turkish Airlines
Crash
Date	23 September 1961
Summary	Struck hill on final approach
Site	Karanlıktepe, Ankara Province, Turkey 40°N 32.9°E / 40; 32.9
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F27 Friendship 100
Operator	Turkish Airlines
Registration	TC-TAY
Stopover	Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Turkey
Destination	Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Passengers	25
Crew	4
Fatalities	28
Survivors	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.