Yakovlev Yak-42 crash, Dec 25, 1999 (22 killed), Valencia
Yakovlev Yak-42 accident on December 25, 1999 near Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela with 22 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the...
- Date: December 25, 1999
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42
- Location: Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 22
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew started the descent prematurely and continued below the minimum safe altitude in reduced night visibility.
A Cubana de Aviacion Yak-42 on charter flight CU310 from Havana to Valencia, Venezuela, carried a relief team to collect rescuers sent after the floods. After a long holding pattern the crew descended early at night and struck the slope of Mt San Luis about 12 km short of the runway. The aircraft disintegrated and all 22 people on board were killed.