| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1970 |
| Time: | 21:26 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-87690 |
| MSN: | 9910503 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1020 hours |
| Cycles: | 1344 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 90 km NE of Leninabad -
 Tajikistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frunze Airport (FRU/UAFM) |
| Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL) |
The Yak-40 passenger plane flew into the side of Mount Airy-Tash (2300 m) at an altitude of 2100 m during the descent towards Leninabad, Tajikistan.
Descent had been initiated over mountainous terrain in IMC conditions while the crew was not aware of the exact position of the plane. The captain and copilot had limited IMC experience and poor navigational training.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
airdisaster.ru
Statistics
- 31st worst accident in 1970
- 19th worst accident of this aircraft type
- worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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