1979 Ankara Turkish Airlines F28 crash

{{Short description|Air Crash in 1979 including a Turkish F-28}}

{{Infobox Aircraft accident

|image = Alp doplhinflyer.jpg

|caption = A Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 similar to the one involved. This aircraft crashed four years earlier.

|Date = December 23, 1979

|Type = Controlled flight into terrain

|occurrence_type = Accident

|Site = Kuyumcuköy, Ankara, Turkey

|Coordinates = {{Coord|40.32947|N|33.15708|E|type:event|display=inline, title}}

|aircraft_type = Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000

|tail_number = TC-JAT

|Ship name = Trabzon

|Operator = Turkish Airlines

|Origin = Samsun Airport, Samsun, Turkey

|Destination = Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey

|Fatalities = 41

|Injuries = 4

|Survivors = 4

|Passengers = 41

|Crew = 4

}}

On December 23, 1979, a Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 airliner, registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon, on a domestic passenger flight from Samsun Airport to Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, flew into the side of a hill {{convert|1400|m|ft|abbr=on}} near the village of Kuyumcuköy in Çubuk district of Ankara Province, {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-northeast of the destination airport on approach to landing.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791223-1 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |title=Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAT Ankara-Esenboğa Airport (ESB) |accessdate=2009-09-26 }}

The crew had deviated from the localizer course while on an ILS approach experiencing severe turbulence.{{cite web|url=http://airlinehaber.com/bilinmeyenleri-ile-thy-f-28-tc-jap-kazasi/|title=BİLİNMEYENLERİ İLE THY F-28 (TC-JAP) KAZASI - AirlineHaber - Sivil Havacılık Haberleri|date=25 December 2015|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203154551/http://www.airlinehaber.com/bilinmeyenleri-ile-thy-f-28-tc-jap-kazasi/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://bagimsizhavacilar.com/35-yilin-ardindan-tc-jat-ucagi-kazasi/|title=35 Yılın Ardından TC-JAT Uçağı Kazası|first=Bağımsız|last=Havacılar|date=23 December 2014|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2017}}