Yakovlev Yak-52TD, LY-TTD / 888907, Private
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Registration: LY-TTD
Construction Number: 888907
Model Yakovlev Yak-52TD
Operator: Private
Airport: Friedrichshafen (FDH / EDNY), Germany
Photographer: Ray Barber
Date Taken: 21/04/2005
Date Submitted: 10/09/2009
Ex 94 yellow{ur),became LY-EMJ.Converted to a tail-dragger by UAB Termikas in 2004. No vehicles so took this many to move it into the static park. Crashed in France - 24 April 2011 - 2 fatalities. Was initially a standard Yak 52 (SN 888907) i Ukraine. Then it was converted to a tail dragger version in Lithuania and registered LY-TTD. Then LY-EMJ. Was finally "russian" registered RA-3619K when it crashed Sunday 24 April near Paris in France killing the 2 persons on board. Luckyly nobody was injured on the ground. The French BEA (equivalent to UK AAIB) will publish a report to explain this tragic accident after their investigation.
Picture ID:1191658