Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:24 JAN 1988
Time:16:49
Type:Yakovlev 40
Operator:Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-87549
C/n / msn: 9531442
First flight:
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 27
Total:Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 31
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC) (Russia)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC/USNN), Russia
Destination airport:Tyumen Airport (TJM/USTR), Russia
Narrative:
The no.1 and no. 3 engines rpm dropped on take-off. The no. 2 engine rpm also dropped, but recovered. The no. 1 and no. 3 engines eventually shut down, causing the aircraft to lose speed. The plane stalled, collided with obstacles and broke up.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Reduction in engine thrust during take-off, probably because the crew closed the throttle.


Events:

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/88 (#52)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/88 (#39)

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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Nizhnevartovsk Airport to Tyumen Airport as the crow flies is 755 km (472 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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