Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, May 2, 1974 (1 killed), Rostov-on-...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on May 2, 1974 near Rostov-on-Don Rostov oblast, Russia with 1 fatality.
- Date: May 2, 1974
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Rostov-on-Don Rostov oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
Aeroflot flight 1255 a Yakovlev 40 overran the wet runway at Rostov on Don after the captain abandoned a takeoff too late to stop. The aircraft hit an embankment and broke up in a ravine, killing one crew member and injuring 18 others.