IAR 825 | |
Type: | Trainer aircraft |
National Origin: | Romania |
Manufacturer: | Industria Aeronautică Română |
First Flight: | 12 June 1982 |
Status: | Prototype only |
Number Built: | 1 |
Developed From: | IAR-823 |
The IAR-825 Triumf is a Romanian-designed tandem multirole trainer aircraft based on the IAR-823 built for the Romanian Air Force. The aircraft is roughly in the same class with the Brazilian EMBRAER Tucano. The IAR-825 is equipped with the Canadian Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprop engine. The type's first flight took place on the 12 June 1982.
Only one prototype aircraft exists, formerly registered YR-IGB. It was sold and registered in the US in 2006 as N825BA. It was damaged in a forced landing on July 15, 2012. [1] It is currently registered by the Federal Aviation Authority as airworthy and active on the US civil aircraft register website as at November 2019.