4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BAM-52-Utva 66H V-52: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Utva 66: Plazenica· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. UTVA 66 C-GDLV Chilliwack BC 04.08R: RuthAS· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Utva-66, Private JP7030955: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The UTVA-66 is a STOL light utility and liaison aircraft produced in the former Yugoslavia. A development of the UTVA-56, it first flew in 1966 and was intended largely for use by the Yugoslav military.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 130
- role
- stol light utility and liaison aircraft
- origin
- Yugoslavia
- engines
- 1× Lycoming GSO-480-B1J6 / GSO-480-B1C6
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 8.4 m
- wingspan
- 11.4 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,814 kg
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- cruise speed
- 230 km/h
- range
- 750 km
- ceiling
- 6,700 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1639101, Wikipedia: Utva 66 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.