# Accident 19960321004829A: Sukhoi SU29, New Orleans, LA, March 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1996, 17:41 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729SU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729SU-1999-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-29 (registry code 9850103, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU29
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960321004829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 21, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1741 CST, A SUKHOI, MODEL SU-29,AIRCRAFT, N729SU, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (NEW), NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ON MARCH 21, 1996 AT 1727 CST.

## 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 FTW96FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA151), Mar 21, 1996: Sukhoi SU-29 (N729SU), New Orleans, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of a bolt in the elevator control system due to improper installation by unknown person(s), which resulted in a disconnection of the elevator control system that rendered the…

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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