Yakovlev plane crashes

77 crashes involving Yakovlev aircraft since 1980, with 1,197 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 77
• Fatal crashes: 41
• Fatalities: 1,197
• First recorded: February 3, 1980
• Most recent: March 4, 2026

Deadliest

1. June 28, 1982: Yakovlev Yak-42, Verbovichi, Gomel voblast, Belarus (132 fatalities)
2. November 20, 1993: Yakovlev Yak-42, Ohrid, Southwestern, Macedonia, North Macedonia (116 fatalities)
3. July 31, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-42, Nankin, Jiangsu, China (107 fatalities)
4. August 28, 1993: Yakovlev Yak-40, Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan (82 fatalities)
5. May 26, 2003: Yakovlev Yak-42, Trabzon, Black Sea Region, Türkiye (75 fatalities)

Models

• Yakovlev Yak-40 (68)
• Yakovlev Yak-42 (8)

Countries

• Russia (26)
• Kyrgyzstan (6)
• Kazakhstan (4)
• Uzbekistan (4)
• Angola (3)
• Armenia (3)
• Ukraine (3)
• Afghanistan (2)
• Azerbaijan (2)
• Cuba (2)
• Iran (2)
• Peru (2)

Years

• 1990 (6)
• 1992 (5)
• 1994 (5)
• 1997 (5)
• 1980 (4)
• 1982 (4)
• 1989 (4)
• 1983 (3)
• 1987 (3)
• 1988 (3)
• 1991 (3)
• 1996 (3)

All crashes

• March 4, 2026: Yakovlev Yak-130, Latyan Dam near Lavasan, Iran (2 fatalities)
• September 7, 2011: Yakovlev Yak-42, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia (44 fatalities)
• April 16, 2011: Yakovlev Yak-40, Ust-Kamchatsk, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• January 31, 2010: Yakovlev Yak-40, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (0 fatalities)
• June 23, 2007: Yakovlev Yak-40, Naryn, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• November 2, 2006: Yakovlev Yak-40, Caticlan (Malay), Aklan, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• July 19, 2005: Yakovlev Yak-40, Caticlan (Malay), Aklan, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• January 13, 2004: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan (37 fatalities)
• May 26, 2003: Yakovlev Yak-42, Trabzon, Black Sea Region, Türkiye (75 fatalities)
• April 28, 2003: Yakovlev Yak-40, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
• April 9, 2003: Yakovlev Yak-40, Urganch, Xorazm Province, Uzbekistan (0 fatalities)
• October 21, 2001: Yakovlev Yak-40, Osh, Osh City, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 2001: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tigil, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• May 17, 2001: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran (30 fatalities)
• March 9, 2000: Yakovlev Yak-40, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia (9 fatalities)
• December 25, 1999: Yakovlev Yak-42, Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela (22 fatalities)
• August 26, 1999: Yakovlev Yak-40, Turtkul, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (2 fatalities)
• May 19, 1999: Yakovlev Yak-40, Berberati, Mambéré-Kadéï, Central African Republic (0 fatalities)
• October 21, 1998: Yakovlev Yak-40, Yerevan-Erebuni, Yerevan, Armenia (4 fatalities)
• August 14, 1998: Yakovlev Yak-40, Jalal-Abad, Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• May 25, 1998: Yakovlev Yak-40, Long Tieng, Vientiane Province, Laos (26 fatalities)
• December 17, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-42, Katerini, Central Macedonia, Greece (70 fatalities)
• October 29, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (2 fatalities)
• May 15, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Gyandzha, Ganja-Gazakh, Azerbaijan (6 fatalities)
• February 19, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Semipalatinsk, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
• January 29, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Shushenskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 26, 1996: Yakovlev Yak-40, Khanty-Mansiysk, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (5 fatalities)
• July 25, 1996: Yakovlev Yak-40, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia (0 fatalities)
• June 28, 1996: Yakovlev Yak-40, Aldan, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
• January 25, 1995: Yakovlev Yak-40, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• November 5, 1994: Yakovlev Yak-40, Saposoa, San Martín, Peru (6 fatalities)
• October 27, 1994: Yakovlev Yak-40, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia (1 fatality)
• September 26, 1994: Yakovlev Yak-40, Vanavara, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (28 fatalities)
• July 17, 1994: Yakovlev Yak-40, Boma, Kongo-Central, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (5 fatalities)
• February 25, 1994: Yakovlev Yak-40, Mt Carpish, Huánuco, Peru (31 fatalities)
• November 20, 1993: Yakovlev Yak-42, Ohrid, Southwestern, Macedonia, North Macedonia (116 fatalities)
• August 28, 1993: Yakovlev Yak-40, Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan (82 fatalities)
• November 14, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sơn Trung, Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam (30 fatalities)
• September 14, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-40, Neryungri, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
• July 31, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-42, Nankin, Jiangsu, China (107 fatalities)
• May 13, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-40, Türkmenabat, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan (0 fatalities)
• May 9, 1992: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sisian, Syunik, Armenia (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1991: Yakovlev Yak-40, Moscow-Bykovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 1991: Yakovlev Yak-40, Velsk, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 1991: Yakovlev Yak-40, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia (51 fatalities)
• November 30, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-40, Dikson, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 24, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-40, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (11 fatalities)
• September 14, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-42, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
• September 9, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-40, Pavlodar, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
• September 9, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-40, Pavlodar, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
• August 1, 1990: Yakovlev Yak-40, Stepanakert, Yukhari Garabakh, Azerbaijan (47 fatalities)
• September 15, 1989: Yakovlev Yak-40, Jalal-Abad, Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1989: Yakovlev Yak-40, Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• August 14, 1989: Yakovlev Yak-40, Neryungri, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
• July 31, 1989: Yakovlev Yak-40, Qala-e-Naw, Badghis, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• August 2, 1988: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sofia-Vrazhdebna, Sofia Province, Bulgaria (29 fatalities)
• January 24, 1988: Yakovlev Yak-40, Nizhnevartovsk, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (27 fatalities)
• January 8, 1988: Yakovlev Yak-40, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (0 fatalities)
• June 19, 1987: Yakovlev Yak-40, Berdyansk, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine (8 fatalities)
• January 25, 1987: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tarnogsky Gorodok, Vologda oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• January 16, 1987: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tashkent-Yuzhny, Tashkent Province (Toshkent viloyati), Uzbekistan (9 fatalities)
• May 17, 1986: Yakovlev Yak-40, Khanty-Mansiysk, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (5 fatalities)
• April 18, 1986: Yakovlev Yak-40, Chita-Kadala, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1985: Yakovlev Yak-40, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia (14 fatalities)
• August 15, 1983: Yakovlev Yak-40, Omsukchan, Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• June 29, 1983: Yakovlev Yak-40, Osh, Osh City, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
• April 19, 1983: Yakovlev Yak-40, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (21 fatalities)
• August 14, 1982: Yakovlev Yak-40, Bazarnye Mataki, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (4 fatalities)
• June 28, 1982: Yakovlev Yak-42, Verbovichi, Gomel voblast, Belarus (132 fatalities)
• May 31, 1982: Yakovlev Yak-40, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
• January 16, 1982: Yakovlev Yak-40, Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
• September 18, 1981: Yakovlev Yak-40, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (33 fatalities)
• August 29, 1981: Yakovlev Yak-40, Zeya, Amur oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
• July 18, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Arkhangelsk-Talagi, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• June 12, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Dushanbe, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (29 fatalities)
• June 8, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Matala, Huíla, Angola (29 fatalities)
• February 3, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba (1 fatality)