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2020 General Directorate of Security Super King Air 350 crash

15 Jul 2020 · Mount Artos, southwest of Van Ferit Melen Airport

Super King Air 350i · Crash

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
Unknown
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Government

Super King Air 350i

Aircraft type
Super King AIR-350
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
EM-809
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

On 15 July 2020, a Super King Air 350i aircraft operated by the General Directorate of Security crashed on Mount Artos, southwest of Van Ferit Melen Airport. The aircraft was carrying out an inspection and research flight. All 2 crew and 5 passengers on board died as a result of the crash.

The Super King Air 350i with tail number EM-809 (manufacturer serial number FL-896), which made its first flight in 2015, was operated by the General Directorate of Security.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Turkish Wikipedia article “2020 Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Super King Air 350 kazası” (revision 33624415, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Turkish Wikipedia article: 2020 Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Super King Air 350 kazası
Article
2020 Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Super King Air 350 kazası
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
33624415 · 2024-08-07 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q99762459
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
tr Wikipedia article "2020 Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Super King Air 350 kazası" (page 2806395, revision 33624415), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article text, read with AI assistance: date
Place and country
Wikipedia article text, read with AI assistance: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia article text, read with AI assistance: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is a government agency according to Wikidata
Fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Turkish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.