Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 25 January 1987
Aircraft Type: Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-87696
Location: Tarnogsky Gorodok Airport –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26
Component Affected: Aircraft steering systemAircraft steering system
Category: Accident
A nose-wheel aircraft experienced a failure in steering during takeoff, resulting in a veering off the runway to the left and collision with an embankment.A nose-wheel aircraft experienced a failure in steering during takeoff, resulting in a veering off the runway to the left and collision with an embankment.
Description
The steering of the nose-wheel failed during the takeoff run. The aircraft veered off the runway to the left and collided with an embankment.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1539https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1539Primary Cause
Steering system malfunction during takeoff.Steering system malfunction during takeoff.Share on:
