Yakovlev plane crashes

132 crashes involving Yakovlev aircraft since 1970, with 1,809 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 132
• Fatal crashes: 70
• Fatalities: 1,809
• First recorded: September 3, 1970
• Most recent: March 4, 2026

All crashes (page 2 of 2)

• June 8, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Matala, Huíla, Angola (19 fatalities)
• February 3, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba (1 fatality)
• February 3, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba (1 fatality)
• November 16, 1979: Yakovlev Yak-40, Vologda Vologda oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
• October 31, 1979: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tikhoretsk Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• March 20, 1979: Yakovlev Yak-40, Chardzhou Lebap Province, Turkmenistan (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (38 fatalities)
• October 2, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka) Tbilisi City District, Georgia (0 fatalities)
• April 8, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Aldan Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
• March 30, 1977: Yakovlev Yak-40, Zhdanov Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (8 fatalities)
• December 17, 1976: Yakovlev Yak-40, Ust-Kut Irkutsk oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
• December 16, 1976: Yakovlev Yak-40, Zaporozhie Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine (5 fatalities)
• December 7, 1976: Yakovlev Yak-40, Armavir Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 9, 1976: Yakovlev Yak-40, Anapa Krasnodar Krai, Russia (18 fatalities)
• October 22, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Novgorod Novgorod oblast, Russia (11 fatalities)
• October 6, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Kirov Kirov oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• August 15, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Krasnovodsk Balkan Province, Turkmenistan (23 fatalities)
• July 15, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Batumi Adjara, Georgia (40 fatalities)
• February 19, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Saarbrücken Saarland, Germany (0 fatalities)
• January 28, 1975: Yakovlev Yak-40, Zaporozhie Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
• December 14, 1974: Yakovlev Yak-40, Bukhara Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan (7 fatalities)
• May 23, 1974: Yakovlev Yak-40, Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky Kiev oblast, Ukraine (29 fatalities)
• May 2, 1974: Yakovlev Yak-40, Rostov-on-Don Rostov oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
• April 9, 1974: Yakovlev Yak-40, Kazan-Borisoglebskoye Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1973: Yakovlev Yak-40, Yerevan Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
• August 8, 1973: Yakovlev Yak-40, Arkhangelsk-Talagi Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (29 fatalities)
• February 28, 1973: Yakovlev Yak-40, Semipalatinsk Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (32 fatalities)
• November 22, 1972: Yakovlev Yak-40, Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• May 4, 1972: Yakovlev Yak-40, Bratsk Irkutsk oblast, Russia (18 fatalities)
• January 25, 1972: Yakovlev Yak-40, Khost Khost, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• July 28, 1971: Yakovlev Yak-40, Lipetsk Lipetsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 3, 1970: Yakovlev Yak-40, Mt Airy Tash Sughd Province, Tajikistan (21 fatalities)