Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Nov 30, 1990, Dikson
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on November 30, 1990 near Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: The crew used a wrong approach...
- Date: November 30, 1990
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew used a wrong approach configuration; excessive landing speed and the tailwind were contributing factors.
A Yakovlev Yak-40K (CCCP-87394) on a scheduled Krasnoyarsk to Dikson flight landed at night in marginal weather on 30 November 1990. It touched down far down the runway at excessive speed with a tailwind, overran, went through an embankment and came to rest in a ravine. All 35 occupants survived and the aircraft was written off.