Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
Status:
Date:16 JAN 1983
Time:ca 22:30
Type:Boeing 727-2F2
Operator:Türk Hava Yollari - THY
Registration: TC-JBR
C/n / msn: 21603/1389
First flight: 1978-09-08 (4 years 4 months)
Engines: 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 60
Total:Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 67
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB) (Turkey) show on map
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey
Destination airport:Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB/LTAC), Turkey
Flightnumber: 158
Narrative:
The Boeing landed 50m short of the runway in driving snow, broke up and caught fire.

Events:

Sources:
» Milliyet 17-1-1983

Photos
photo of Boeing 727-2F2 TC-JBR
photo of Boeing 727-2F2 TC-JBR
 

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 Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to Ankara-Esenboga Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 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.
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