Yak-28 crash in Lipetsk
Yakovlev Yak-28 · Engine failure
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 2 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Yakovlev Yak-28
- Aircraft type
- Yakovlev YAK-28
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 2
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Lipetsk, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The Yak-28 crash in Lipetsk occurred on 17 December 1968. During a training flight a Yak-28 bomber suffered an engine failure. Sacrificing themselves, the crew steered the aircraft away from the densely populated areas of the city.
Investigation of the crash
The investigating commission established that the cause of the fire was the rupture of a fuel hose of the left engine followed by ignition of the fuel. Since the fire had been extinguished by the standard means, instead of ejecting, the crew and the flight director decided to save the aircraft and land it. Flying on one engine was part of the standard exercise programme on the Yak-28 and had been practised. The aircraft's hydraulic system was damaged by the fire, which prevented the landing gear from being extended. The nozzle of the right engine was partially blocked, too little air was entering the engine, which led to a reduction in thrust to a level insufficient to sustain flight. The crew did not abandon the aircraft and fought to the end to maintain stable flight. During the last turn, over Voenny Gorodok, the lift of the wings proved insufficient to keep the aircraft in the air.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Як-28 в Липецке” (revision 150406398, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Russian Wikipedia article: Катастрофа Як-28 в Липецке
- Article
- Катастрофа Як-28 в Липецке
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150406398 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q113411082
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- ru Wikipedia article "Катастрофа Як-28 в Липецке" (page 9076828, revision 150406398), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A Yak-28 bomber with a crew and flight director on a training exercise: a military training flight. The article: "During a training flight a Yak-28 bomber suffered an engine failure."
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.