Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Feb 19, 1997, Semipalatinsk
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on February 19, 1997 near Semipalatinsk, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan with no fatalities. Cause: Landing at excessive speed for...
- Date: February 19, 1997
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Semipalatinsk, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing at excessive speed for reasons not determined.
A Yakovlev Yak-40 operated by SemeiAvia landed at excessive speed at Semipalatinsk on a scheduled passenger flight. It could not stop within the remaining runway, overran and came to rest a few dozen metres beyond the runway end. All 18 occupants escaped uninjured, and the aircraft was written off.