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Aerostar S A YAK-52

17 on the U.S. register. Built from 1982 to 1987; half of them date from 1985 or earlier. California has the most (3). 41% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

Aerostar S A YAK-52: Soviet military training aircraft
Photo: Erik Coekelberghs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Yakovlev Yak-52 on Wikipedia

About the YAK-52 from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Vedeneyev M14P (10), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (7)
Seats
2
Maker on the register
Aerostar S A
Registered
earliest certificate January 11, 2006; newest September 25, 2026

Where they are owner's state

California3Alabama2Texas1Tennessee1Oregon1Oklahoma1New York1Nevada1New Mexico1New Jersey1Indiana1Iowa1

Who owns them registrant type

Individual10 (59%)LLC5 (29%)Non-citizen corporation1 (6%)Corporation1 (6%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
YAK-52171982 to 1987100.0%

When they were built by decade · 5 with no year on file

036912121980

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

012232010201820192020202120232024202512026

Registration status

Valid16 (94%)Reports overdue1 (6%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Experimental17 (100%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Yak-Ity-Yak LLC1Yak Flyers LLC1Wwii Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation1Warsaw Pact Aviation Lc1Rubana INC1M & R Holdings LLC1Heffley Brothers Flying Circus LLC1

Accident history NTSB records · 2 cases since 1982, 2 fatal

2011-03-26ERA11FA214 · YAK-52 N808TD · accident near Palm Coast, FL · 1 killed
2010-05-15ERA10LA266 · YAK-52 N6868Y · accident near Jensen Beach, FL · 2 killed

The 2 most recent of 2 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Aerostar S A YAK-52 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

17 as of October 2, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Aerostar S A YAK-52s?

California, with 3.

Who owns the Aerostar S A YAK-52?

41% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 17 YAK-52 (all versions)

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N63YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 2026-09-25 Valid
N352SH Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2025-01-15 Valid
N567CD Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Heffley Brothers Flying Circus LLC
Benbrook, Texas
Experimental 2024-09-14 Valid
N31656 Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Rubana INC
Santa Monica, California
Experimental 2024-06-26 Reports overdue
N426YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
New York
Experimental 2024-05-08 Valid
N552SH Aerostar S A
YAK-52
M & R Holdings LLC
Montgomery, Alabama
Experimental 2023-09-07 Valid
N4450Y Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Yak Flyers LLC
Grants Pass, Oregon
Experimental 2023-02-08 Valid
N352BW Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2023-01-11 Valid
N552YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
Nevada
Experimental 2021-12-15 Valid
N8712 Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2021-06-24 Valid
N2832 Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Warsaw Pact Aviation Lc
Davenport, Iowa
Experimental 2020-03-12 Valid
N98YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Wwii Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation
Lawton, Oklahoma
Experimental 2020-03-05 Valid
N52WN Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2019-04-01 Valid
N952YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
New Jersey
Experimental 2018-07-17 Valid
N624DH Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Yak-Ity-Yak LLC
Columbiana, Alabama
Experimental 2010-04-15 Valid
N552WH Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
Arkansas
Experimental 2006-06-15 Valid
N696YK Aerostar S A
YAK-52
Individual owner
New Mexico
Experimental 2006-01-11 Valid