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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349852

Date: Friday 12 January 2024
Time: c. 18:00 LT
Type:
Yakovlev Yak-42D
Owner/operator: Arktika Airlines
Registration: RA-42458
MSN: 4520422007018
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59
Aircraft damage: None
Location: Arkhangelsk Talagi Airport (ARH/ULAA) - Russia

The Yak-42 aircraft took off from the Amderma-2 military airfield on Yuzhny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
and was operating flight SI9642 to Arkhangelsk Talagi Airport.
During landing, the plane skidded off the runway; no one was injured.

The plane, according to preliminary data, was not damaged.

The investigation of this serious aviation incident will be carried out by the Federal Air Transport Agency.

https://www.rbc.ru/society/12/01/2024/6 ... 49d93b2845

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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/352010

Date: Monday 26 February 2024
Time: 14:44 MSK
Type: Yakovlev Yak-42D
Owner/operator: KrasAvia
Registration: RA-42384
MSN: 4520423016230
Year of manufacture: 1990
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Minor

The aircraft, flying flight KV-9441 on the route Ufa - Omsk (KrasAvia airline), returned to the airport of departure due to a technical reason.

At 14:44 (Moscow time) Ufa airport, after takeoff at an altitude of 2000 feet,
the crew reported that all landing gear had not been retracted.

Next, the captain decided to proceed to the holding area to burn off fuel for 30 minutes at an altitude of 5,000 feet.
Landing safely at 15:49 in Ufa.

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...two incidents in two days....

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386539
has pictures...

Date: Thursday 11 April 2024
Time:
Type: Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator: Vologda Aviation Enterprise
Registration: RA-88231

Yak-40 (RA-88231) of the Vologda Aviation Enterprise,
which operated a flight on the route Vologda-Veliky Ustyug-Kotlas-Arkhangelsk and back.

There were no passengers on board on the Veliky Ustyug-Kotlas section.
After landing at Kotlas airport, while running along the runway, the tire tire of the right main landing gear burst near the side.
The pilots managed to stop the plane within the runway.
No harm done. The Yak-40 was suspended from flights.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386548

Date: Friday 12 April 2024
Time: 08:08 MSK
Type: Yakovlev Yak-40K
Owner/operator: Vologda Aviation Enterprise
Registration: RA-88251
MSN: 9710552/52-05

Aircraft damage: None
Location: near Vologda - Russia
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Passenger - Scheduled

Narrative:
08:08 (Moscow time) The crew reported an incorrect fuel level indication and decided to return to the Vologda departure airfield.