Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Apr 28, 2003, Dnipropetrovsk
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on April 28, 2003 near Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine with no fatalities. Cause: Unstable flare and a...
- Date: April 28, 2003
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Unstable flare and a misaligned landing, followed by a runway excursion off the right side of the runway. The dates in the sources differ (24 or 28 April 2003).
A Dniproavia Yak-40 was landing at Dnipropetrovsk on a scheduled flight. On the flare it rolled unstably, and after a firm landing it was misaligned and ran off the runway at about 115 km/h into a dike. All 17 occupants escaped uninjured, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.