# NTSB ERA13WA157: Cessna 172S, Mersin, Türkiye, February 12, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 12, 2013, 14:14 local (14:14 UTC)
- Place: Mersin, Türkiye
- Coordinates: 36.806388, 34.620277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8064&lon=34.6203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86361/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86361
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA157

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S11120
- Engines: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 44; injuries: fatal; foreign; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right
- Student pilot; age 29; injuries: serious; foreign; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86361. 42 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 42 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40389064&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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