First flying in 1959, it was built by UTVA for both the Yugoslavian armed forces and for civilian use.
In 1959 the Yugoslav aircraft company UTVA designed and built a single-engined, high-winged light utility aircraft, the UTVA 56, with a prototype making the first flight on 22 April 1959.
[1] Testing was successful,[2] but the aircraft was redesigned for production, with a more powerful Lycoming O-480 engine, and designated the UTVA-60.
It is fitted with a fixed conventional undercarriage which uses cantilevered steel tube struts.
Trailing-edge wing flaps are linked to the ailerons, drooping the ailerons when the flaps are lowered to reduce landing speed,[3] while the agricultural version's wing was fitted with slots.