Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Jan 25, 1972, Khost Khost
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on January 25, 1972 near Khost Khost, Afghanistan with no fatalities.
- Date: January 25, 1972
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Khost Khost, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Yak-40 on a scheduled flight from Kabul to Khost struck tree tops on approach, about 154 meters short of runway 24. It landed hard, and the crew stopped the aircraft normally. Nobody was injured, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.