Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 SEP 1953 |
| Time: | ca 10:10 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Operator: | Devlet Hava Yollari - DHY |
| Registration: | TC-EGE |
| C/n / msn: | 9694 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ankara (Turkey) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ankara-Etimesgut Airport (ANK/LTAD), Turkey |
| Van Airport (VAN/LTCI), Turkey |
Crashed into dry river bed from a height of about 450 feet following an engine fire.
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (169)
» Milliyet, 26-9-1953
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Ankara-Etimesgut Airport to Van Airport as the crow flies is 925 km (578 miles).
Distance from Ankara-Etimesgut Airport to Van Airport as the crow flies is 925 km (578 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
