# N131BW: 1999 Sukhoi SU-31, registration cancelled 2007-11-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 9, 2007
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Sukhoi SU-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-31) (registry code 9850105)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 0501
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: March 18, 2000
- Certificate issued: February 19, 2004
- Last registry action: February 20, 2007
- Mode S code: A07F16
- Owner when cancelled: [Boriak Sergei A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BORIAK%20SERGEI%20A)
- Location: [Fairfax, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Fairfax)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 38.8595° N, 77.2627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 22031, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131BW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=131BW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131BW-2007-11-09

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Sukhoi SU-31: https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-31.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA201), Aug 23, 2007: Sukhoi SU-31 (N131BW), Markham, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident were a fuel leak as reported by the pilot, the pilot's diverted attention, a low cloud ceiling, and fog.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20070823829569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070823829569A), Aug 23, 2007: Sukhoi SU31 (N131BW), Paris, VA, Destroyed. (-23) Flight was to be from W66 (warrenton, VA) to N57 (new garden airport in toughkenamon, PA). The airman was circling around the dulles class b and adiz…

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