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Yak-40 landing at Osokorky

2 Jun 1976 · Kyiv

Aeroflot Unknown · Flight engineer error

From Kaunas to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV)

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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
Unknown
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
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
0
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
Airline

Unknown

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
CCCP-87541
Operator
Aeroflot
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From KaunasTo Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV)

Approximate · Estimated position: Kyiv, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

The Yak-40 landing at Osokorky was an aviation incident that occurred in the sky over Kyiv on 2 June 1976. On approach to Zhuliany Airport, the Soviet Yak-40 airliner, tail number СССР-87541, of the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Directorate of Aeroflot, operating the Kaunas – Kyiv flight, was forced to ditch in marshy terrain in the Osokorky area. There were no casualties.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article “Посадка Як-40 в Осокорках” (revision 42650319, 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

Ukrainian Wikipedia article: Посадка Як-40 в Осокорках
Article
Посадка Як-40 в Осокорках
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
42650319 · 2024-05-26 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q49546531
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
uk Wikipedia article "Посадка Як-40 в Осокорках" (page 2585448, revision 42650319), 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
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.