Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Oct 7, 1978 (38 killed), Sverdlovs...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on October 7, 1978 near Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia with 38 fatalities.
- Date: October 7, 1978
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 38
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Yakovlev Yak-40 operating Aeroflot flight 1080 from Sverdlovsk to Kazakhstan lost its left engine less than a minute after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport on 7 October 1978. The crew asked to return for an emergency landing, but the aircraft could not gain height and struck trees about 7.5 km from the airport. All 38 occupants were killed. A Soviet commission blamed the crew, citing overloading, icing that affected all three engines, and air traffic control not warning of terrain.