Accident description
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JAN 1974 |
| Time: | ca 07:30 |
| Type: | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 |
| Operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JAO |
| C/n / msn: | 11057 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2269 |
| Cycles: | 3133 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 62 / Occupants: 68 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 66 / Occupants: 73 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Izmir-Cumaovasi Airport (ADB) (Turkey)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Izmir-Cumaovasi Airport (IZM), Turkey |
| Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey |
The Fokker aircraft became airborne after a ground run on runway 35 of approx. 3200 feet. At a height of 8-10m the aircraft suddenly yawed left and pitched nose-down. The aircraft contacted the ground again and struck a drainage ditch, skidded, disintegrated and caught fire.
The aircraft had just accumulated 2269 flying hours in 3133 flights.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft stalled on takeoff due to over rotation and frost accretion on the wings." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 132-AN/93 (109-115)
» Willem Wendt
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Statistics
5th loss of a Fokker F-28
The worst accident involving a Fokker F-28 (at the time)
2nd worst accident involving a Fokker F-28 (currently)
2nd worst accident in Turkey (at the time)
5th worst accident in Turkey (currently) » figures explained
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
The worst accident involving a Fokker F-28 (at the time)
2nd worst accident involving a Fokker F-28 (currently)
2nd worst accident in Turkey (at the time)
5th worst accident in Turkey (currently) » figures explained





