Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 APR 1995 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40K |
| Operator: | Kazakhstan Airlines |
| Registration: | UN-88181 |
| C/n / msn: | 9620148 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off ? |
| Location: | Dzhambul Airport (DMB) (Kazakhstan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dzhambul Airport (DMB/UADD), Kazakhstan |
Landing at Dzhambul in severe crosswind conditions the aircraft ran off the left side of the runway, The Yakovlev struck a concrete pit cover, causing the right main gear to collapse. It appeared that the an electrical cable, part of the nosegear steering mechanism, had failed prior to landing.
Sources:
» Airclaims
» Scramble 197(p.56)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
