Accidents and Incidents
As of 7 September 2011, nine Yak-42 fatal accidents occurred with total of 591 casualties.
| Date | Aircraft registration | Location | Fatalities | Brief description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 1982 | СССР-42529 | near Mazyr, south central Belarus | 132/132 | Flight Leningrad-Kiev, damage to stabilizer due to mechanical deterioration, diving and disintegrating in mid-air. All Yak-42 flights were suspended until the design error was fixed. |
| September 14, 1990 | СССР-42351 | Koltsovo, southeast of Yekaterinburg | 4/128 | Flight Volgograd-Sverdlovsk, crew error on final approach. |
| July 31, 1992 | B-2755 | Nanjing, west of Shanghai | 108/126 | Crashed on take-off due to mechanical failure. |
| November 21, 1993 | RA-42390 | Near Ohrid, southwestern Macedonia | 116/116 | Flight Geneva-Skopje, which had diverted to Ohrid, crashed into a mountain in difficult weather conditions, near Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. |
| December 17, 1997 | UR-42334 | Mount Pieria, southwest of Thessaloniki | 70/70 | Flight Odessa-Saloniki, crew error on going around, crashed into a mountain. |
| December 25, 1999 | CU-T1285 | Bejuma, west of Caracas | 22/22 | Havana, Cuba – Valencia, Venezuela the aircraft impacted a hill on approach. |
| May 26, 2003 | UR-42352 | Near Trabzon, north-eastern Turkey | 75/75 | Flight Bishkek-Trabzon-Saragossa, crashed into a mountain on the final approach in fog. |
| September 7, 2011 | RA-42434 | Near Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow | 44/45 | Yak-Service flight en route to Minsk from Yaroslavl carrying the KHL Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Caused by a pilot error while taking off from Tunoshna Airport and crashed, killing 44 people |
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