KITS 03/2021

OK-NJB

Z-37A seriál number 25-02 was registered on August 2nd, 1983, with Slov-Air Division 05 Brno. From January 28th, 1993, it was owned by

Reas a.s. in Brno, then from November 28th, 2000, by Radek Jež, flown by Bedřich Vávra, from August 22nd, 2001, by DARA Air s.r.o., and

from March 22nd, 2006, by Air Jihlava Service, s.r.o. Airframe OK-NJB wore tiger stripes on its tail going into an overhaul in 2012, and on the

engine cowling thereafter.

RA-1349G

This aircraft was built in 1975 and delivered to East Germany, carrying the registration DDR-SVW. In 1990, it was redesignated as D-SEVW.

It found its way to Russia in 2010, with the registration RA-1349G coming in 2015. On September 12th, 2018, fifty-two-year-old Vladimir

Zelenov was crop dusting with this aircraft when it crashed near the village of Tagay in the Ulyanovsk region. Unfortunately, the pilot did not

survive the crash.

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