Istanbul - Antalya

On September 19, 1976 at 11:15 PM, Istanbul - Antalya experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Turkish Airlines - THY Türk Hava Yollari, with the event recorded near Isparta Mediterranean Region (Akdeniz Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

154 people were known to be on board, 154 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 146, passenger fatalities: 146, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport at 2245LT on a scheduled flight to Antalya, carrying 146 passengers and a crew of eight. After passing over the Afyon VOR at an altitude of 25,000 feet, the crew requested the permission to descend to 13,000 feet. A 2311LT, the captain reported Antalya city lights in sight and started the descent to runway 36. At this time, the real position of the aircraft was about 100 km north of Antalya. Four minutes later, while descending by night under VFR mode at an altitude of 3,700 feet, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Karakaya (1,371 metres high) located south of Isparta. The airplane disintegrated on impact and debris were found at an altitude of 1,130 metres. All 154 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-JBH, MSN 20982, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.9465°, 30.9602°.