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Aero Vodochody L-39  Albatros
Losses & Ejections
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1989
NAF		 L-39ZA Albatros       Flt Lt D Okunrinyo killed    
1989
NAF		 L-39ZA Albatros       Fg Offr BE Ahodu killed    
1989
NAF		 MiG-21       Flt Lt Shoyebi killed    
1990
NAF		 L-39ZA Albatros       Sqn Ldr NA Abdallah killed    
1990
NAF		 Jaguar       Sqn Ldr  Garba killed    
1990
NAF		 L-39 ZA Albatros       Fg Offr Mshel-Bwala killed    
  CLARIFICATION OF NIGERIAN L-39 LOSSES NEEDED - Were any of the above in the same aircraft ??
2nd October 1990
Bulgarian A.F.		 L-39ZA            
29 April 1991
Russian AF		 L-39   air base Svetlograd problem with the engine cadet C.G.Puskharev ejected safely    
22nd August 1991
Czech & Slovak AF		 L-39 Albatros   2nd Training Regiment Engine failure and crew attempted to fly from densely populated city to clear area. Crashed near Trebisov, Slovakia ejected but left it too late - killed   VRB
ejected but left it too late - killed   VRB
28 August 1991
Russian AF		 L-39   air base Zernograd problem with the engine cadet M.Churbakov ejected safely    
4th October 1994
Chechen AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
     
19th December 1994
Chechen AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
     
25th July 1995
1915h
Hungarian		 Aero L-39ZO Albatros 139 c/n 831139 Szolnok Officers Academy - Kecskemet in a cornfield near the village of Tortel, central Hungary VS-1
Instructor Major Gyula Molnár ordered ejection at 2,300ft - ejected safely Student 1st Lt. János Németh  ejected safely VS-1
3rd February 1996
Czech AF		 L-39C Albatros 0447 341vl crashed in Bukovka district, Pardibice     VS-1
Pilot ejected safely Other crew member ejected safely VS-1
5th March 1996
Thai Air Force		 Aero L-39ZA Albatros KhF1-32/37/40132 401sq        
     
17th July 1996
Slovakian
AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros     collided in mid-air over the city of Kosice with another Slovak AF L-39C during a training flight      
     
17th July 1996
08:00h
Slovak AF		 L-39C Albatros     Pilot ejected safely   VSB
Student ejected safely   VSB
26th August 1996
Ukrainian Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros Aero L-39 Albatros          
4th September 1996
Thai Air Force		 Aero L-39ZA Albatros KHF1-18/37 401sq        
     
11th June 1997
Romania		 L-39ZA 118 20 Gr
Boboc		 Flew into the ground while performing a loop at the
end of the runway at Timisoara, during an aerobatic
diplay rehearsal for an airshow.		      
Cpt. Cdr. Gheorghe Cretu died, did not eject Gen. Ioan Stan died, did not eject VS-1
16th September 1997
Thai Air Force		 Aero L-39ZA Albatros KhF1-7/37   101sq        
     
12th December 1997
Cambodia Air Force		 Aero L-39ZA Albatros            
18th February 1998
Czech AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros 4607 341vl        
     
3rd June 2000
Slovakian
AF		 Aero L-39C Albatros 4355 Biel        
     
20th July 2000
Thai Air Force		 L-39            
     
14th September 2000
Slovak AF		 Aero L-39C Albatross 3905 31SK interrupted fuel to engine near  village Oľďany between towns Lučenec and Rimavská Sobota Pavol SERBÍN ejected VS-1
10th November 2000
Thai Air Force		 L-39     crashed in northeastern Thailand during a training mission      
instructor was seriously injured trainee was killed  
10th June 2001
Russian Air Force		 L-39 Albatros   5 and 7
Team Rusj		 mid-air collision between two of Team Rusj's  aircraft 5 and 7 at an airshow in St. Petersburg, Russia ejected safely   VS-1
19th April 2001
Russian Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
10th June 2001
Russian Air Force		 L-39 Albatros  
Team Rusj		 mid-air collision between two of Team Rusj's  aircraft 5 and 7 at an airshow in St. Petersburg, Russia ejected safely   VS-1
10th June 2001
Russian Air Force		 L-39 Albatros  
Team Rusj		 Sergey Maksimov ejected, at low level, inverted into the ground and killed   VS-1
11th July 2001
Russian Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros      Crashed near to the village Gavrilovka.      
Colonel Vladimir Rudenko killed Major Gennady Melovanov killed  
1st August 2001
Czech AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros 5013 42SLt        
     
10th October 2001
Thai Air Force		 Aero L-39ZA  Albatros   401sq        
     
14th June 2002
Russian Air Force		 Aero L-39C Albatros   Krasnodar Aviation Institute Near the town of Tikhoretsk ejected ejected  
12th August 2002
Russian Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
16th September 2002
Algerian		 L-39            
29th October 2002
Slovakian
AF		 L-39ZA
"4705"
 

1SLK
Kosice academy
Crashed L-39ZA		 VS-1
Lt. Col. Jenő Vadas ejected

Hungarian AF
[see also 5th June 1984]		 1st Lt. Tibor Molnár ejected

Hungarian AF		 VS-1
2nd April 2003
Yemen Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros            
     
14th July 2003
Russian Air Force		 Aero L-39C Albatros   797        
2nd August 2003 Private Ownership Aero L-39 Albatros     near Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK      
pilot reportedly escaped injury    
24th August 2003 Private Ownership Aero Vodochody L-39 ZO Albatros N298RD  from Martin State Airpor Clipped a house during low level flight. Crashed near Baltimore, Maryland, USA      
Robert Martin, the owner was killed no other occupant  
22nd January 2004
Ukrainian Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros Aero L-39C Albatros     Damaged    
28th January 2004
NAF		 L-39 ZA Albatros   30        
??? September 2004
08:30
Russian		 Aero L-39 Albatros    

Crashed and exploded near the village of Novy Mir in the Novopokrovskaya district of the Krasnodar territory

      
Pilot ejected Was there any other crew member on board ?? VS-1
19th October 2004 Private Ownership Aero L-39 Albatros N39TJ   Missing in the mountains near Hyak, Washington, USA
Crashed dense forest near the town of Kittitas		      
Rocky Stewart missing presumed dead
Remains found 24th June 2005		 passenger Scott Smith missing presumed dead
Remains found 24th June 2005		  
Friday 29th April 2005

3:30pm local time
Vietnamese		 L-39

training aircraft

?

 910
Vietnam Air Force Academy, Nha Trang 		engine failure -

in the sea near Hon Tre island in central Vietnam

 One pilot ejected - slightly injured

Other a Lt. Col. did not eject - killed - body recovered

  

VS-1
Tuesday 20th September 2005
Russian Air Force		 L-39 Albatross Trainer   near Maykopa engine failure no further details   VRB
Monday 26th September 2005

AERO LAUNCHED TESTS OF UPGRADED VS-2 EJECTION SEAT

On September 26, AERO launched the first of a series of demanding engineering tests of a new, largely upgraded version of the Czech VS-2 ejection seat, which is developed for AERO advanced light combat and training aircraft.

Rescue capability in critical modes, such as static aircraft on the ground used this time, were confirmed. The tests represent a climax in the three-year engineering project of AERO Vodochody a.s. and the Aeronautical Research and Test Institute of the Czech Republic (VZLÚ). The grant project was supported by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

photo J. Kouba VZLU
Sunday 26th February 2006
Private Ownership		 Aero Vodochody L-39  Albatros N39DF
Wild Child		 warbird crashed at Pine Tree Canyon  about 15 nm from Mojave.      
Terry Fregly [Tallahassee, FL] killed Skip Robertson [Klamath Falls, OR] killed  
26th June 2006
Belarus Air Force		 Aero L-39 Albatros   206 Damaged      
Thursday
14th September 2006
12:17 Moscow time (8:17 a.m. GMT)
Russian		 L-39 trainer Albatros ???? 713
Air Force academy		 Routine training flight. Crashed near the town of Novokubansk in the Krasnodar Territory, about 1,000 miles south of Moscow   VS-1
pilot Dmitry Khrebtov  ejected but died later cadet ejected from the plane and was picked up by a rescue team 27 minutes after the crash, OK VS-1
Tuesday 5th June 2007
Vietnam		 L-39 Albatros   Nha Trang Institute of Military Aviation Technical problem. Crashed into the sea near Ninh Thuan is 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City during a training exercise
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran Van Deo killed Senior Lieutenant Le Lam Phuong killed No ejections reported
VS-1
Thursday
9th August 2007
9.15 a.m Local
Russian		 L-39 trainer ???? Krasnodar Air Force Academy Engine failure. Crashed  in the Krasnodar Region near the city of Maikop, about 1,700 kilometres  south of Moscow     VS-1
Colonel Alexander Zhukov ejected OK Cadet K. Prokofiev ejected OK VS-1
Monday 28th January 2008
Russian AF		 L-39   Krasnodar Higher Air Force School Crashed in Russia’s southern Volgograd region     VS-1
graduate cadet
ejected		 instructor pilot
ejected died from injuries		 VS-1
Friday 1st February 2008
12:25 Moscow Time
Russian AF		 Aero L-39 Albatros   Krasnodar Higher Air Force School Engine failure. Two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine. Crashed at the airfield in Armavir     VS-1
Major Serov
ejected safely
Recovered by SAR Mi-8 helicopter.		 rear seat not occupied VS-1
Friday 20th June 2008
just before noon
Hungarian Air Force		 L-39
Albatros		 120 2nd  Tactical Fighter Squadron
"Dongó"
[Wasp]		 Crashed near Fehérgyarmat airport (E Hungary), near the Ukrainian border VS-1
1st. Lt. Zoltán Ignácz
killed
1stTFS
"Puma"
[Cougar]		 Lt.Col. András Janicsek
killed		 VS-1
Both crew tried to eject but were unsuccessful
                 

 

MORE NOTES ON MISHAPS AND LOSSES OF L-39'S IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP TO BE ADDED SOON
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