# NTSB GAA26WA060: Dassault FALCON50, Ankara, Türkiye, December 23, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: December 23, 2025, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Ankara, Türkiye
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA060

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9H-DFS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT FALCON50
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: LTAC, Ankara, OF
- Destination: HLLT, Tripoli, OF

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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