Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Sep 23, 1961 (28 killed), An...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on September 23, 1961 near Ankara-Esenboğa Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye with 28 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was...
- Date: September 23, 1961
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Ankara-Esenboğa Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye
- Fatalities: 28
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft was not in the normal approach pattern and was well below its designated altitude when it struck the Karanlıktepe hill on final approach.
A brand new Turkish Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship operating Flight 835 from Adana to Ankara struck the Karanlıktepe hill in Ankara Province on 23 September 1961. The aircraft was about 18 kilometres short of the runway at Esenboğa. Twenty eight of the 29 people on board were killed and one passenger survived.