- Date
- February 12, 2013, 14:14 local (14:14 UTC)
- Place
- Mersin, Türkiye
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- TC-CDACessna 172S
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 86361
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On February 12, 2013, at about 1414 Universal Time Coordinated, a Cessna 172S, Turkish registration TC-CDA, operated by the Turkish Aeronautical Association, impacted terrain during an instructional flight, near Mersin, Turkey. The flight instructor was fatally injured and the student pilot was seriously injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Directorate of Civil Aviation, Republic of Turkey. Further information can be obtained from: Directorate of Civil Aviation Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvari No:128/A 06570 Maltepe/Ankara/Turkey Website: www.shgm.gov.tr This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Republic of Turkey.
Aircraft
- Registration
- TC-CDA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S11120
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Turkish Aviation Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- LTAF · Adana
- Destination
- LTAF · Adana
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 42 KB in all.