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    Airframe Family: Yakovlev Yak-55 / SP-55 / Yak-56
    Latest Model:Yak-55M
    Construction Number:920307
    Last Civil Registration:N55NH
    Compressed ID:Yakovlev Yak-55M cn 920307 cr N55NH...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ernest N. Hernandez, Seattle, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1992

    Constructed as a Yak-55M.
    YAKOVLEV YAK-55M 920307

    25 August 1995

    To Ernest N. Hernandez, Seattle, WA with new c/r N55NH.

    30 August 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX55NH (YAK-55M, 920307) issued.

    19 August 1998

    To Ernest N. Hernandez, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N55NH.

    14 July 2007


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: Norman Hernandezs Yak-55M on display at the EAA Arlington Fly-In. Unfortunately, this airplane crashed about an hour after this picture was taken, as it was flying to Paine Field and Mr. Hernandez was killed. This photo is dedicated in his memory.

    14 July 2007

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at Everett, WA, United States while cruising. The airframe was destroyed. The day before the accident, the pilot had asked his mechanic to prepare two other airplanes for flight to a fly-in the following morning. The accident airplane had not flown in a year, nor had there been any entries in the maintenance logbooks in the last four years; it did not have a current condition inspection recorded in the logbooks...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 September 2007

    Civil registration, N55NH, cancelled.
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