Date:	Sunday 24 January 1988
Time:	16:49
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator:	Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration:	CCCP-87549
MSN:	9531442
Year of manufacture:	1975
Total airframe hrs:	13978 hours
Cycles:	14766 flights
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-25
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 31
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC) -   Russia
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC/USNN)
Destination airport:	Tyumen Airport (TJM/USTR)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The no.1 and no. 3 engines rpm dropped on takeoff. 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 takeoff, probably because the crew closed the throttle.

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