| Date: | Sunday 19 September 1976 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2F2 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yollari - THY |
| Registration: | TC-JBH |
| MSN: | 20982/1087 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 154 / Occupants: 154 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Isparta -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) |
| Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) |
THY Flight TK452, a Boeing 727-200, was destroyed when it impacted a hillside near Isparta, Turkey. All 154 occupants were killed.
The aircraft had departed Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport, Turkey at 22:45 hours on a VFR flight to Antalya Airport.
After passing the Afyon VOR, located 210 km north of Antalya, the flight crew requested a descent from FL250 to FL130.
At 23:11 hours, the crew reported seeing Antalya city lights with the 4000 m long boulevard and requested a direct runway 36 approach. Descent was continued until the aircraft impacted a hillside at 3700 ft (1130 m), near the city of Isparta, located 100 km north of the destination. It appeared that the pilot mistook the lights of a highway north of Isparta for the Antalya boulevard.
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); March 1975
photo (c) Firuz Altingoz collection; unknown; November 1974
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