IAR 825 explained
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.
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Notes and References
- Web site: CEN12LA446: Full Narrative. National Transportation Safety Board. 13 April 2016.