Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Nov 16, 1979 (3 killed), Vologda V...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on November 16, 1979 near Vologda Vologda oblast, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended below the glide path at...
- Date: November 16, 1979
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Vologda Vologda oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended below the glide path at night in fog with visibility below minimums.
An Aeroflot Yak-40 (CCCP-87454) on a ferry flight from Veliky Ustyug to Vologda descended below the glide path at night in fog and struck trees about 20 m high short of the runway threshold at Vologda. Three crew were killed and two were seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and post-crash fire.