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    Airframe Family: Aero L-39
    Latest Model:L-39C Albatros
    Last Military Serial:138 yellow KyADF
    Construction Number:432938
    Last Civil Registration:N44529
    Compressed ID:Aero L-39C sn 138 yellow KyADF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Advanced Training Systems International, Inc, Higley, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-39C.

    1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily with s/n 138 yellow.

    1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Kyrgyzstan Air and Air Defense Force with s/n 138 yellow.

    29 May 1998

    To Air USA Inc, Quincy, IL with new c/r N44529.

    Based at Air USA, Quincy Regional Airport, Quincy, IL.
    Survives dismantled here.
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    12 August 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX44529 (L-39, 432938) issued.

    Based with Advanced Training Systems International, Inc, Higley, AZ.

    18 September 1998

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Williams Gateway Airport (IWA) Mesa, AZ, United States while on decent. The damage was substantial. While attempting a simulated flame out (SFO) approach, the pilots initiated a go-around at 300 feet above ground level. They applied full throttle but the engine did not spool up right away and they were not able to arrest their sink rate. About 10 to 12 seconds later the aircraft landed hard 700 feet short of the runway then veered off to the right...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX44529 (L-39, 432938) issued.

    23 March 2018

    Civil registration, N44529, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Thorsten Ruchel
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