Narrative:
A locked elevator forced the pilot to abort the takeoff roll. The Yak-40 failed to stop within the remaining runway length and overran, hitting an earthen dyke. A fire broke out, almost completely consuming the aircraft.
Elevator issue
Runway excursion
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 14 December 1974 |
| Time: | 11:01 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-87630 |
| MSN: | 9131119 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3637 |
| Cycles: | 4595 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bukhara Airport (BHK) ( Uzbekistan)
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| Crash site elevation: | 229 m (751 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bukhara Airport (BHK/UTSB), Uzbekistan |
| Dushanbe Airport (DYU/UTDD), Tajikistan |
A locked elevator forced the pilot to abort the takeoff roll. The Yak-40 failed to stop within the remaining runway length and overran, hitting an earthen dyke. A fire broke out, almost completely consuming the aircraft.
Classification:
Rejected takeoffElevator issue
Runway excursion
Sources:
» airdisasters.ru» Soviet Transports
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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 Bukhara Airport to Dushanbe Airport as the crow flies is 396 km (247 miles).
Distance from Bukhara Airport to Dushanbe Airport as the crow flies is 396 km (247 miles).
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