 An Aeroflot Yak-42 in 1981, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 June 1982 |
| Summary | Jackscrew failure due to metal fatigue; design flaw |
| Site | Near Mazyr, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union 52°0′N 29°13′E / 52.000°N 29.217°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-42 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| IATA flight No. | SU8641 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFL8641 |
| Call sign | AEROFLOT 8641 |
| Registration | СССР-42529 |
| Flight origin | Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Destination | Kiev (now Kyiv)-Zhuliany International Airport, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupants | 132 |
| Passengers | 124 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 132 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 8641 was a Yakovlev Yak-42 airliner on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) to Kiev (now Kyiv). On 28 June 1982, the flight crashed south of Mazyr, Byelorussian SSR, killing all 132 people on board. The accident was both the first and deadliest crash of a Yakovlev Yak-42, and remains the deadliest aviation accident in Belarus.[1][2]
The cause was a failure of the jackscrew controlling the horizontal stabilizer due to a design flaw.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev 42 СССР-42529 Mozyr". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "УПАВШИЕ С НЕБА. Архив БГ. №29 (345) 29 июля 2002 г. БелГазета. Новости Беларуси. Белорусские новости" [FALLEN FROM THE SKY. BG archive. No. 29 (345) July 29, 2002 BelGazeta. News of Belarus. Belarusian news]. www.belgazeta.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-01-11.