Aeroflot-Yugavia Flight 519

Aeroflot-Yugavia Flight 519
Yak-40 of the Aeroflot company
Accident
Date7 November 1991
SummaryCFIT (crashed into a mountain)
SiteUSSR, Kukurt-Bash, 23 km from Makhachkala (Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR)
42°53′N 47°25′E / 42.883°N 47.417°E / 42.883; 47.417
Total fatalities51
Total survivors0
Aircraft
Aircraft typeYak-40
OperatorElista Airline, North Caucasus UGA
RegistrationCCCP-87526
Flight originElista
DestinationMakhachkala
Occupants51
Passengers47
Crew4
Fatalities51
Survivors0

The Aeroflot-Yugavia Flight 519 was a major aviation accident that occurred on Thursday, November 7, 1991, in the vicinity of Makhachkala involving a Yak-40 aircraft of the Yugavia aviation concern ("Aeroflot-Yugavia"), resulting in the deaths of 51 people.