PANCEVO AIRFRAME PLANT

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 1, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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44-51-ION 020-39-50E
CATEGORY BE NO. COMIREX NO.
DMA. USATC, Series 200, Sheet 0251-17, scale 1:200,000
structures, with 52,471 square
of floorspace remained under
2. (S/D) This report consists of a description of Pancevo Airframe Plant, a construction
chronology, a summary of aircraft production activity, a location map, four annotated photo-
graphs, three small-format photographs, a table of mensural and chronological data, and a table
of aircraft observations.
construction. The information cutoff date for this report i
meters of usable floorspace. An additional 3,520 square meters
Pancevo Airframe Plant consisted of 46 significant buildings and
basic reporting requirement for this installation. As of
1. (S/D) This initial NPIC basic report on Pancevo Airframe Plant, Yugoslavia, satisfies the
3. (S/D) Pancevo Airframe Plant (Figure 1) is in central Pancevo (Figure 1), 1 nautical mile
(nm) east of the Danube River at an elevation of 61 meters. The plant is bounded by a brick/cer-
amics plant on the north and by civilian housing on the other sides (Figure 2). The plant is
connected to the test and flyaway field, Utva Airfield by a graded-earth taxiway
approximately 500 meters long. Pancevo Airfield 2 nm north-northwest of the
plant, is used as a secondary flight-test field.
4. (S/D) Pancevo Airframe Plant is secured by a combination of walls and fences of various
heights. Access to the plant is by two vehicle/pedestrian entrances and a taxiway entrance/exit.
Room for future expansion is extremely limited, and most future construction will probably take
place within the present plant boundaries.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
5. (S/D) Pancevo Airframe Plant occu- and Table 1): two administration/engineering
pies an area of 15.2 hectares. It consists of 46 buildings (items 13 and 16), a final assembly
significant buildings and structures (Figure 3 building (item 18), an assembly/final assembly
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building (item 22), two assembly buildings
(items 8 and 29), an engineering building (item
14), a fabrication building under construction
(item 33), two engineering/shop buildings
(items 10 and 31), a metals shop (item 11), five
shop buildings (items 12, 28, 30, 32, and 41),
five subassembly buildings (items 5, 9, 15, 21,
and 43), a compressor building (item 20), a ma-
chine shop (item 35), a checkout building (item
37), two vehicle storage/maintenance buildings
(items 4 and 42), a communications building
(item 27), a warehouse (item 7), 17 storage
buildings, and a support building.
6. (S/D) As of
Airframe Plant contained 52,471 square meters
of usable floorspace, with an additional 3,520
square meters under construction. A functional
breakdown of usable floorspace at the plant is
as follows.
Function Floorspace Percent of
Admin/engr
Fabrication
Direct support
General support
Total
(Continued p. 6)
PANCEVO
AIRFIELD
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20?45'
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF PANCEVO AIRFRAME PLANT, YUGOSLAVIA
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NAUTICAL MILES
UTVA
AIRFIELD
PANCEVO
AIRFRAME
PLANT
(sq m) Total
8,069 15.4
24,678 47.0
10,541 20.1
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Table 2.
Aircraft Observations at Pancevo Airframe Plant
Including Utva Airfield
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Type Aero Utva-
214D 2/3 60
Aircraft
4 p 28
Aircraft
5p 17
Aircraft
5p
1009-1**
Utva- Utva- Utva- Utva- M-18
65/67 66 75 60/66 Dromader
*p - probable.
**Image quality not sufficient for identification of aircraft.
piston engine, remained in series production
until 1973. The second version, designated
Utva-67 Super Privednik, entered series pro-
duction in 1973 and is still being produced in
substantial numbers (Table 2). This version is
powered by a 350-hp Lycoming IGO-540-AIC
six-cylinder piston engine.6
16. (S/D) Production of the Utva-66, a
direct follow-on of the Utva-60, began in 1974
at Pancevo. The Utva-66 (Figure 7) is virtually
identical to the Utva-60 but features an up-
graded engine, the Lycoming GO-480-131A6.7
This aircraft is produced in three versions:
utility/glider towing (Utva-66), ambulance
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8 1
9
4 2
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9 3 1
6 1
7 3 2
7 2 2
3 2 2
4 I 8
4 1 7
4 1 3
6 3 4
4 3 2
5 1 6
2 1 10
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(Utva-66-AM), and floatplane (Utva-66-H).2
Continued observations at the plant (Table 2)
indicate that the Utva-66 is still in production
at Pancevo. This aircraft, like the Utva-60, is
also being assembled in small numbers at Ba-
tajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant.4
17. (S/D The latest production 25X1
item at Pancevo is the Utva-75, a long-wing,
single-engine monoplane powered by a 180-hp
AVCO Lycoming 10-360-BIF flat-four piston en-
gine.' The Utva-75 (Figure 8) is capable of four
roles: training, glider towing, liaison, and close
support. For the close-support role, the Utva-75
is equipped with bombs or underwing rocket
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pods.' The Utva-75 was observed first at Pancevo
on and subsequently at Batajnica on
probably for testing.4 Production of
the Utva-75 began at Pancevo in 1976 and contin-
ued through0 The Utva-75, intended
primarily as a trainer aircraft, will eventually
replace all the Czech-made Zlin-526 trainers in
the Yugoslav Air Force (YAF) inventory.9 An
upgraded four-seat version of the Utva-75, desig-
nated Utva-78, has been reported,1? but it has not
18. (S/DI Production of fu-
selages for the Soko Orao (JUROM) at Pan-
cevo has been reported9 but has not been veri-
fied 0 The production site for the
Orao is Mostar Airframe Plant Soko
19. (S/D) Pancevo also produces a variety
of automotive vehicles including ore transporters,
dumptrucks, dump semitrailers, petroleum trans-
porters, chemical transporters, cement trucks,
pipe and log transporters, automobile transport-
ers, and special trucks and trailers with change-
able platforms for transporting animals.'' Nu-
merous trucks and trailers were observed at the
plant on each coverage.
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Research and Development (R&D)
20. (S/D) Two Polish M-18 Dromader
aircraft were first observed at the plant on E
The M-18 (Figure 4) is a high-
performance agricultural aircraft developed
with the assistance of the United States.8 Since
observations of the M-18 at Pancevo continue,
and considering the advanced technology used
in this aircraft, it is likely that Pancevo is
involved in performance and structural evalua- 25X1
tion/testing of the M-18. If this is true, future 25X1
Yugoslavian aircraft could be significantly im-
proved.
5
The Aircraft of the World, MacDonald & Co,
London
1965
UNCLASSIFIED
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Jane's All the World's Aircraft
1971-72
UNCLASSIFIED
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Jane's All the World's Aircraft
1978-79
UNCLASSIFIED
MAPS OR CHARTS
DMA. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0251-17, scale 1:200,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
DOCUMENTS
1. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1958-1959 (UNCLASSIFIED)
2. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1960-1961 (UNCLASSIFIED)
3. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1971-1972 (UNCLASSIFIED)
4. NPIC. Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant, Yugoslavia (S), Mar 80 (TOP
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6. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1974-1975 (UNCLASSIFIED)
7. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1978-1979 (UNCLASSIFIED)
8. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1980-1981 (UNCLASSIFIED)
9. DOD. IIR 1 521 0698 80, Oraollar-93 Development (U), 31 Oct 80 (SECRET
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10. DOD. IIR 6 904 0064 8, Aircraft Production (U), Mar 80 (SECRET/WNINTEL~
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11. DOD. IIR 2 219 15S5 78, Automobile Plant, 15 May 78 (UNCLASSIFIED)
COMIREX J02
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(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed
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