Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Jan 16, 1987 (9 killed), Tashkent-...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on January 16, 1987 near Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan with 9 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control caused by...
- Date: January 16, 1987
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control caused by wake turbulence from an Il-76 that had taken off from the same runway shortly before, after air traffic control cleared the Yak-40 too early.
An Aeroflot Yak-40 on a scheduled flight from Tashkent to Shahrisabz crashed shortly after takeoff on 16 January 1987, killing all nine people aboard. The aircraft banked left while climbing, struck the ground and burned.