Narrative:
The Yak-40 banked sharply to the left after takeoff, struck ground, broke up and caught fire.
The aircraft took off 1 min 16 seconds after an Ilyushin Il-76 (CCCP-76482), encountering its wake vortex.
Loss of control
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/88 (#51)
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Friday 16 January 1987 |
| Time: | 08:11 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Uzbekistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-87618 |
| MSN: | 9131918 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17132 |
| Cycles: | 20927 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport (TAS) ( Uzbekistan)
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| Crash site elevation: | 432 m (1417 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport (TAS/UTTT), Uzbekistan |
| Shahrisabz Airport (UTSH), Uzbekistan | |
| Flightnumber: | 505 |
The Yak-40 banked sharply to the left after takeoff, struck ground, broke up and caught fire.
The aircraft took off 1 min 16 seconds after an Ilyushin Il-76 (CCCP-76482), encountering its wake vortex.
Classification:
Weather: Wake vortex encounterLoss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/88 (#51)
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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 Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport to Shahrisabz Airport as the crow flies is 324 km (203 miles).
Distance from Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport to Shahrisabz Airport as the crow flies is 324 km (203 miles).
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