# Accident 19900617057169A: Sukhoi SU26M, Oklahoma City, OK, June 17, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1990, 13:44 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3896° N, 97.5808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3896&lon=-97.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26TJ-1990-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-26MX (registry code 9850102, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-26mx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU26M
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 75 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900617057169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO RECOVER FROM LOW ALTITUDE TAIL SLIDE. FACTORS,DENSITY ALTITUDE TOO LOW, PILOT FATIGUE, USED MEDICATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW90FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA120), Jun 17, 1990: Sukhoi SU-26MX (N26TJ), Oklahoma City, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO RECOVER FROM THE AEROBATIC MANEUVER AND SUBSEQUENT STALL/SPIN, DUE TO INADEQUATE ALTITUDE. FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A RELATED FACTOR.

## Other reports on N26TJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900610020459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610020459I), Jun 10, 1990: Sukhoi SU26M (N26TJ), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. On a hammerhead stall aircraft vibrated severly. Landed. Actuating link to propeller blade separated from shank.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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