Dates

Event

1 January 1943

Constructed as a C-11 by Let at Czechoslovakia.

2 April 1990

Certificate of airworthiness for NX9YK (YAK C-11, 172612) issued.

1990

Photographer: Dick Phillips Warbird Images Collection
Notes: Photographed at Breckenridge, TX.

27 October 1990

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at NAS New Orleans Airshow

Circa 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

Circa 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

By 16 March 1996

To unknown owner with c/r N9YK.

16 March 1996

Crashed.
The accident occurred at the North Vernon Municipal Airport (OVO) North Vernon, IN, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot said that as he was crossing the threshold for landing, he detected an excessive sink rate. The pilot applied aft stick pressure and climbed to approximately 20 feet AGL, then applied power. The airplane rolled left. The left wing tip struck the terrain about 20 feet left of the runway, followed by the propeller and cowling...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

14 October 1999

To unknown owner with c/r N9YK.
Sale reported to a new owner in Harlingen, TX.

1 January 2002

Certificate of airworthiness for NX9YK (YAK C-11, 172612) issued.

1 January 2002

To unknown owner with c/r N9YK.
Sale reported to a new owner in Harlingen, TX.

10 July 2013

Civil registration, N9YK, cancelled.
Sale reported to a new owner in Harlingen, TX.

22 October 2020

To unknown owner with c/r F-AZOS.
This aircraft now flies as, a reconstructed Yak-3UA. It was converted with an Allison engine while it was in US. I do not have exact dates. Registered as F-AZOS since 22 Oct 2020.

15 September 2024

Photographer: Robin MORET
Notes: Painted as a Yak-3 in the colours of Marcel Albert the most successful pilot of the Normandy Niemen Squadron, who served from the creation of the group in December 1942 until the end of the war and returned to France with his YaK-3 gifted by Stalin.

Restored.
Fitted with an Alison engine.