Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Dec 16, 1976 (5 killed), Zaporozhi...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on December 16, 1976 near Zaporozhie Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine with 5 fatalities.
- Date: December 16, 1976
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Zaporozhie Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
A Yak-40 on a local training flight from Zaporozhie lost height about 11 minutes after takeoff in marginal weather and entered an uncontrolled descent. It crashed in a field about 20 km northwest of the airport, and all five occupants were killed.