# Accident 19980519010159A: Sukhoi SU29, Manassas, VA, May 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1998
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7230° N, 77.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7230&lon=-77.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292SU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N292SU-2015-05-07) (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 IAD98FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980519010159A

## Narrative

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

EXECUTED HAMMER HEAD STALL TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY FROM THE DIVE. (-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK TERRAIN DURING ATTEMPTED RECOVERY FROM VERTICAL CLIMB MANEUVER WHILE PERFORMING AN AEROBATIC DEMONSTRATION. AN EYEWITNESS WHO IS AN EXPERIENCED AEROBATIC PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS EVIDENT TO HIM THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY AT THE TOP OF THE MANEUVER, AND THAT THE PILOT SEEMED TOO LOW WHEN THE MANEUVER WAS DONE EARLIER IN THE SAME PERFORMANCE.

## 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 IAD98FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA061), May 19, 1998: Sukhoi SU-29 (N292SU), Manassas, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance during an aerobatic maneuver.

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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