Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782

1988 aviation accident

Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782
Accident
D-ABHD, the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	2 January 1988
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site	near Seferihisar, Turkey 38°12′25″N 26°56′24″E / 38.20694°N 26.94000°E / 38.20694; 26.94000
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-230
Operator	Condor
Registration	D-ABHD
Flight origin	Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport, Stuttgart, West Germany
Destination	Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir, Turkey
Passengers	11
Crew	5
Fatalities	16
Survivors	0

Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 was an international charter flight from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport, West Germany to Adnan Menderes Airport, Turkey that crashed near Seferihisar, Turkey on 2 January 1988. At the time, Condor was a 100% subsidiary of Lufthansa.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Boeing 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 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines.

The captain, Wolfgang Hechler (48), was a former Starfighter pilot. The First Officer was Helmut Zöller (33).

Accident description

The flight was uneventful until final approach, when the aircraft, with the co-pilot acting as Pilot flying, was cleared for an ILS 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.

Investigation

According to the evaluation of the cockpit 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. 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.

References

"Der vergessene Crash von Condor 3782" [The forgotten crash of Condor 3782]. Austrian Wings (in Austrian German). 14 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Trichter verfehlt" [Funnel missed]. Der Spiegel (in German). 10 January 1988. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-230 D-ABHD Seferihisar". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
"Crash of a Boeing 737-230A near Seferihisar: 16 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ Evers, Marco; Holm, Carsten; Müller, Martin U.; Neumann, Conny; Traufetter, Gerald (3 April 2013). "Abschied vom Helden" [Farewell to the hero]. Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
FUS Flugunfall-Kurzbericht 2X0001/88, Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 (1988)
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1987 ◄ ► 1989

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 (1988)

Jan 2 Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782Jan 18 Aeroflot Flight 699Jan 18 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146Jan 19 Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286Jan 24 Aeroflot Flight 29674Feb 3 American Airlines Flight 132Feb 8 Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108Feb 19 AVAir Flight 3378Feb 27 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crashMar 1 Comair Flight 206Mar 4 TAT Flight 230Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 3739Mar 17 Avianca Flight 410Apr 5 Kuwait Airways Flight 422Apr 28 Aloha Airlines Flight 243May 6 Widerøe Flight 710May 24 TACA Flight 110Jun 12 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046Jun 23 British Army Lynx shootdownJun 26 Air France Flight 296QJul 3 Iran Air Flight 655Jul 13 BIH Sikorsky S-61N crashAug 17 Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqAug 28 Ramstein air show disasterAug 31 CAAC Flight 301Aug 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141Sep 9 Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Sep 15 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604Oct 17 Uganda Airlines Flight 775Oct 19 Indian Airlines Flight 113Nov 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703Dec 8 Remscheid A-10 crashDec 11 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crashDec 21 Pan Am Flight 103

1987 ◄ ► 1989

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Turkey
1950s	Air France Flight 152 (August 1953) Bursa airplane crash (July 1957) Air Charter Turkey crash (April 1959)
1960s	Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 (January 1960) Turkish Airlines Flight 835 (September 1961) Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash (March 1962) Ankara mid-air collision (February 1963)
1970s	Turkish Airlines Adana crash (January 1972) Turkish Airlines Flight 301 (January 1974) Turkish Airlines Flight 345 (January 1975) Turkish Airlines Flight 452 (September 1976) Turkish Airlines Ankara crash (December 1979)
1980s	Turkish Airlines Flight 158 (January 1983) Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 (January 1988)
1990s	Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (December 1994) Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 (April 1999)
2000s	Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (October 2001) Turkish Airlines Flight 634 (January 2003) Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 (May 2003) Atlasjet Flight 4203 (November 2007) Medair Bell 206 crash (March 2009)
2010s	Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown (June 2012) Turkish Airlines Flight 1878 (April 2015) Swan Aviation Sikorsky S-76 crash (March 2017) Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 (January 2018)
2020s	Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 (February 2020) Turkish Air Force Eurocopter AS532 Cougar crash (March 2021)
See also: List of hijackings of Turkish airplanes

Lufthansa Group

Subsidiaries

Passenger airlines	Lufthansa Lufthansa City Airlines Lufthansa Regional Air Dolomiti Lufthansa CityLine Austrian Airlines Brussels Airlines Discover Airlines Eurowings Eurowings Europe Smartwings Swiss International Air Lines Edelweiss Air
Cargo airlines	Lufthansa Cargo
50% joint venture airlines	AeroLogic (with DHL) SunExpress (with Turkish Airlines)
Non-airline subsidiaries	AirPlus Global Load Control LSG Group Lufthansa Consulting Lufthansa Aviation Training Lufthansa Systems Lufthansa Technik
Former	British Midland International Condor German Cargo Germanwings Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter Lufthansa Italia SunExpress Deutschland Swiss Global Air Lines Team Lufthansa

Incidents and accidents
(all subsidiaries, while owned)

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DLH005 (1966)
DLH649 (1972)
DLH615 (1972)
1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking
DLH540 (1974)
DLH181 (1977)
GEC527 (1979)
CFG3782 (1988)
DLH592 (1993)
DLH2904 (1993)
GEC8460 (2010)
GWI9525 (2015)

Destinations

Key personnel

Carsten Spohr (Chairman and CEO)

Miles & More (frequent flyer program)
Star Alliance (founding member)

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