The 1979 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash occurred on December 23, 1979 when a Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 airliner, registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon, on a domestic flight in Turkey from Samsun Airport (SSX/LTAQ) to Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in Ankara, flew into the side of a hill at 1,400 m (4,600 ft) near the village of Kuyumcuköy in Çubuk district of Ankara Province, 32 km (20 mi) north by north-east of the destination airport on approach to landing.