# NTSB DCA99RA053: Boeing 737-400, Ceyhan Adana, Türkiye, April 7, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 7, 1999, 21:44 local (21:44 UTC)
- Place: Ceyhan Adana, Türkiye
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AAI-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA99RA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA99RA053

## Aircraft

- Registration: TC-JEP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-400
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25378
- Airframe hours: 11678
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: Turkish Air Lines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LTAF, ADANA
- Destination: OEJN, JEDDAH
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: KQDG, 50 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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