ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87485 Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK)
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Date:Monday 31 May 1982
Type:Silhouette image of generic YK40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator:Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-87485
MSN: 9441338
First flight: 1974
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK) (   Ukraine)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK/UKDD), Ukraine
Narrative:
The Yak-40 touched down with a strong cross wind. The left main gear broke, causing the left wing to touch touched the ground. Consequently the aircraft veered off the runway. A fire erupted. Fourteen passengers were injured in the accident.

Classification:
Heavy landing
Runway excursion

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru


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