| Date: | Wednesday 28 February 1973 |
| Time: | 18:59 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-87602 |
| MSN: | 9120118 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1798 hours |
| Cycles: | 1814 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Semipalatinsk Airport (PLX) -
 Kazakhstan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Semipalatinsk Airport (PLX/UASS) |
| Karaganda Airport (KGF/UAKK) |
Shortly after a night time take-off from Semipalatinsk the aircraft fell back to the ground and crashed in a snow-covered field, 1457 metres behind the runway threshold.
The cause of the accident could not be established
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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