Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 28 APR 2003 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | Dniproavia |
| Registration: | UR-87918 |
| C/n / msn: | 9730855 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK) (Ukraine)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dnepropetrovsk Airport (DNK/UKDD), Ukraine |
The Yak-40 touched down on runway 09/27 (2841 m long) at Dnepropetrovsk Airport. The right wing lifted three times during touchdown. The pilot finally managed to get all wheels on the ground but the aircraft was not aligned with the runway. It ran off the side and, at a speed of 115km/h, ran into a dyke which was located about 100 m from the side of the runway.
Sources:
» MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
» Scramble 296
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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.
