Accidents and incidentsAs of 7 September 2011, nine Yak-42 fatal accidents occurred with total of 591 casualties.
Date Aircraft registration Location Fatalities Brief description
Jun 28, 1982 СССР-42529 near Mazyr, south central Belarus 132/132 Flight Leningrad-Kiev, damage to stabilizer due to mechanical deterioration, diving and disintegrating in mid-air. All Yak-42 flights were suspended until the design error was fixed.
Sep 14, 1990 СССР-42351 Koltsovo, southeast of Yekaterinburg 4/128 Flight Volgograd-Sverdlovsk, crew error on final approach.
Jul 31, 1992 B-2755 Nanjing, west of Shanghai 108/126 Crashed on take-off due to mechanical failure. (see China General Aviation Flight 7552)
Nov 21, 1993 RA-42390 near Ohrid, southwestern Macedonia 115/116 Flight Geneva-Skopje, which had diverted to Ohrid, crashed into a mountain in difficult weather conditions, near Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
Dec 17, 1997 UR-42334 Mount Pieria, southwest of Thessaloniki 70/70 Flight Odessa-Saloniki, crew error on going around, crashed into a mountain. (see Aerosvit Flight 241)
Dec 25, 1999 CU-T1285 Bejuma, west of Caracas 22/22 Havana, Cuba - Valencia, Venezuela the aircraft impacted a hill on approach. (see Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 )
May 26, 2003 UR-42352 near Trabzon, north-eastern Turkey 75/75 Flight Bishkek-Trabzon-Saragosa, crashed into a mountain on the final approach in fog.
Sep 7, 2011 RA-42434 near Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow 43/45 Yak-Service flight en route to Minsk from Yaroslavl carrying the KHL Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Collided with an antenna mast shortly after taking off from Tunoshna Airport and crashed, killing 43 people[4] (see Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash)