Nizhnevartovsk - Tyumen - Bugulma

On January 24, 1988 at 06:50 PM, Nizhnevartovsk - Tyumen - Bugulma experienced a crash involving Yakovlev Yak-40, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Nizhnevartovsk Khantia-Mansia okrug.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

31 people were known to be on board, 27 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.1%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 23, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Liftoff was completed at a speed of 220 km/h after a course of 1,700 meters. Immediately after takeoff, at a height of 2 meters, engines n°2 and 3 lost approximately 20% of power. Few seconds later, the engine n°1 also suffered a power reduction of about 10%. The aircraft then rolled to the right to an angle of 60°, lost height and crashed in a field located 1,800 meters past the runway end, bursting into flames. Four passengers were seriously injured while 27 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-87549, MSN 9 53 14 42, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.9384°, 76.5591°.