| Date: | Friday 30 November 2007 |
| Time: | 01:36 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) |
| Owner/operator: | Atlasjet Airlines, lsf World Focus Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-AKM |
| MSN: | 53185/2090 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 32379 hours |
| Cycles: | 20926 flights |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 12 km WNW of Isparta Airport (ISE) -
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (ISL/LTBA) |
| Isparta-Süleyman Demirel Airport (ISE/LTFC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operating for Atlasjet Airlines as flight 4203, was destroyed after impacting high terrain near Isparta Airport, Turkey. All fifty passengers and seven crew members were killed.
Flight 4203 departed Istanbul-Atatürk Airport at 00:50 hours on a domestic flight to Isparta. The flight was cleared for a VOR/DME approach to runway 05. After crossing the IPT VOR beacon at the airport, the flight was supposed to have a course of 223°. At 12 DME, the aircraft then should have turned right onto runway heading.
However, the flight crew failed to program the arrival procedure into the FMS. After crossing the IPT VOR, the aircraft headed 253° and turned right over rising terrain. The EGPWS failed to sound as the aircraft flew towards the 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) tall Türbetepe hill.
The airplane impacted the top of the hill and broke up. The plane's wings and engines came to rest at the top of the hill while the fuselage was found 500 feet lower.
The investigation revealed that the EGPWS had failed repeatedly (86 times on the past 235 flights) and that it had been installed on another aircraft before being installed on TC-AKM ten days before the accident.
Additionally, it appeared that both flight crew members were inexperienced and lacked training. It was determined that the captain trained on the simulator for 20 hours instead of the mandatory 32 hours. The first officer attended simulator in Sofia for 32 hours, but these hours were not documented.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Emo Antalya Subesi Haber Bülteni 2010/1 p.34-36
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Images:
photo (c) Arno Janssen; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL); 23 August 2005
photo (c) Arno Janssen; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM); 01 July 2006
photo (c) Jan Jurecka; Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR); 16 July 2006
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL); August 2005
photo (c) Juergen Lehle; Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS); 10 June 2006
photo (c) HÁMORI, Ferenc; Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP); 03 August 2006
photo (c) Pawel Kierzkowski; Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA) [SP]; 15 August 2007; (CC:by-sa)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2025 17:48 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Accident report, ] |
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