Bronislav Yermak


Bronislav Eduardovich Yermak was a Russian aviator and later vice president of MDM-Bank. He was known as a banker, aircraft captain, and owner of the SP-2008 aircraft, which crashed on 26 April 2009 in Russia.

Biography

Born on 7 April 1970. He was an experienced pilot who trained at the Tver Aviation School in his youth.
From 1988 to 1992, he studied at the Tambov Higher Military Aviation School, specializing as a pilot-engineer, and underwent flight training on the Tu-134UBL aircraft. He resigned from the Air Force with the rank of Lieutenant shortly after graduating.
From 1995 to 2009, he worked at MDM-Bank, rising from a trader to head of FOREX operations in the currency market, making it one of the best in the banking sector. He was known as an extremely responsible and serious professional.
At the aviation school, he was nicknamed "Bronya", while his banking colleagues called him "Bron".
He held a private pilot license No. 3186, issued by the Russian Flying Sports Federation on 16 May 2002.
On 26 April 2009, he died in a plane crash during a training flight in Tver Oblast.

Crash

Near the village of Yuryevskoye, at the "Volzhanka" resort.
On Sunday, 26 April 2009, at 13:01 Moscow time, the crew of the SP-2008 aircraft with tail number RA-0321G, consisting of captain Bronislav Yermak and co-pilot Alexander Ludanov, took off from the airfield on a heading of 230° into aerobatic zone No. 2, located two kilometers north of the point. The planned altitude was 700 meters.
Eight minutes later, the aircraft, with no radio communication and an inoperative engine, made an emergency landing on the central part of the runway with a tailwind of 5 m/s. The plane overran the runway, destroyed the airfield arrestor barrier, fell into the Volga River, and overturned with the cockpit submerged. The crew was unable to escape.
From 27 April 2009 to 18 March 2011, an official investigation was conducted by the IAC. The findings concluded:
In 2015, the wrecked aircraft was repainted and used in film production.
On Monday, 27 April 2009, an obituary and condolences to friends and family were posted on the official MDM-Bank website.
The crash received widespread coverage in Russian press and online media in late April 2009. The investigation led to scrutiny of light aviation operational standards.