Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 16 MAY 2001 |
| Type: | IPTN/CASA CN-235M-100 |
| Operator: | Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) |
| Registration: | 086 |
| C/n / msn: | 086 |
| First flight: | 1995 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CT7-9C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Malatya (Turkey)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Diyarbakir Airport (DIY/LTCC), Turkey |
| Ankara (unknown airport), Turkey |
Control was lost at FL170 and the aircraft crashed. Other reports claim the aircraft was registered 006 (with c/n 006).
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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.
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