Istanbul – Bandirma – Çanakkale

On January 5, 1954 at 12:00 AM, Istanbul – Bandirma – Çanakkale experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Devlet Hava Yollari - DHY, with the event recorded near Lapseki Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying in poor weather conditions, the aircraft crashed on a hill located near Lapseki. Two crew members and two passengers were killed while six other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-BAG, MSN 19616, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.3444°, 26.6846°.