Yakovlev Yak-42 crash, Jul 31, 1992 (107 killed), Nankin
Yakovlev Yak-42 accident on July 31, 1992 near Nankin, Jiangsu, China with 107 fatalities. Cause: The crew did not prepare the aircraft and skipped the...
- Date: July 31, 1992
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42
- Location: Nankin, Jiangsu, China
- Fatalities: 107
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The crew did not prepare the aircraft and skipped the pre-takeoff checklist, so the elevator trim was left in the landing setting and the aircraft could not rotate.
A CGAC Yak-42 on a scheduled service from Nanjing to Xiamen failed to rotate on takeoff from runway 06. The crew aborted, but the aircraft overran the runway at about 210 km/h, crossed a deep drainage ditch and an embankment, and burned. 107 occupants were killed and 19 injured.