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| Accident | |
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| Date | 2 January 1988 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due topilot error |
| Site | nearSeferihisar,Turkey 38°12′25″N26°56′24″E / 38.20694°N 26.94000°E /38.20694; 26.94000 |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-230 |
| Operator | Condor |
| Registration | D-ABHD |
| Flight origin | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport,Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Destination | Adnan Menderes Airport,İzmir, Turkey |
| Passengers | 11 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 was an international charter flight fromStuttgart-Echterdingen Airport,West Germany toAdnan Menderes Airport,Turkey that crashed nearSeferihisar,Turkey on 2 January 1988.[1][2] At the time,Condor was a 100% subsidiary ofLufthansa.
The aircraft was aBoeing 737-230 with the serial number 22635/774 and it was registered D-ABHD. Its first flight was on June 15, 1981, and it was delivered in July of the same year to the airline. The aircraft was equipped with 2Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines.[3][4]
The captain, Wolfgang Hechler (48), was a formerStarfighter pilot. The First Officer was Helmut Zöller (33).[5]
The flight was uneventful untilfinal approach, when the aircraft, with the co-pilot acting asPilot flying, was cleared for anILS approach to the Outer Marker (Non-Directional Beacon) and then on to Runway 35. The aircraft's ILS was switched on after it had passed the NDB, therefore missing the turn. The crew, confused, then followed the wrong side beam of the ILS, and struck Dümentepe Hill, 10.5 nautical miles (12.1 mi; 19.4 km) from the airport, killing all 16 people on board.[3]
According to the evaluation of thecockpit voice recorder, captain Hechler continuously talked to First Officer Zöller, even in the approach phase and kept on criticising, lambasting and insulting him, partly without reference to duty or work subjects.[5] The investigation concluded that the accident occurred due to the incorrect use of navigation aids. The cause is attributed mainly to the lack of adherence to company procedures, especially with respect to crew coordination during approach and basic instrument flying procedures.[6]
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