Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN) crash, May 18, 2001 (4 killed)
Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN) accident on May 18, 2001 near Ankara-Mürted AFB (Akinci), Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye with 4 fatalities. Cause: An...
- Date: May 18, 2001
- Aircraft: Casa-Nurtanio CN-235 (IPTN)
- Location: Ankara-Mürted AFB (Akinci), Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An aileron control system malfunction probably caused by a mounting error during assembly, which the engineers did not detect. Investigators attributed the accident to engineering oversight at TAI.
A Turkish Coast Guard CN-235 on a local test flight from Ankara-Mürted went out of control shortly after takeoff, at about 100 feet, and burned. All four crew members were killed. The aircraft was in a certification program after modifications by TAI, and investigators later linked the loss to an aileron control fault from a mounting error.