Istanbul - Antalya

On December 5, 1998 at 12:10 PM, Istanbul - Antalya experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 350 Super King Air, operated by Dogus Air, with the event recorded near Istanbul-Atatürk Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Istanbul-Atatürk Airport, on a positioning flight to Antalya, the crew reported technical problems and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and eventually collided with containers stored by the apron, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TC-DHA, MSN FL-37, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9940°, 29.1218°.