title: Turkish Airlines Flight 158
text: # Turkish Airlines Flight 158
  
  Turkish Airlines Flight 158 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey. On 16 January 1983, the aircraft operating the flight, a Boeing 727-200, landed about 50 metres (160 ft) short of the runway at its destination airport in driving snow, broke up, and caught fire. Of the 67 occupants on board, 47 perished.
  
  ## Aircraft
  
  The aircraft, a Boeing 727-2F2 with three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 turbofan jet engines, was built by Boeing with manufacturer serial number 21603/1389, and made its first flight in 1978.
  
  ## Crew and passengers
  
  The aircraft had 7 crew and 60 passengers on board. 47 passengers were killed. All members of the crew and 13 passengers survived the accident with injuries.
  
  