Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Sep 9, 1990, Pavlodar
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on September 9, 1990 near Pavlodar, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan with no fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to recognize that the...
- Date: September 9, 1990
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Pavlodar, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to recognize that the runway was unpaved and did not initiate a go-around after touching down on the right half of the runway at 205 km/h, having drifted off centerline on short final
Aeroflot Yak-40K CCCP-87914 ran off the runway while landing at Pavlodar airport on 9 September 1990 and collided with the parked Yak-40 CCCP-87451, breaking it up. All 22 people aboard were evacuated safely, and both aircraft were written off.