# Accident 20000815027019A: Sukhoi SU29, Longmont, CO, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55SU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55SU-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-29 (registry code 9850103, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU29
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815027019A

## Narrative

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

(-23)"PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION BY RUSSIAN AVIATION EXPERTS, ON DECEMBER 11, 2000, DETERMINED THAT SEVERAL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS JUST AFT OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR IS ATRTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE." THIS QUOTE CAME FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE NTSB AND CONFIRMED BY THE PILOT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N55SU (1)

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

- [Accident 19960511046492A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511046492A), May 11, 1996: Sukhoi SU29 (N55SU), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (.4) The pilot of the RV-4, N44AZ, had made initial contact with the control tower on the west arrival frequency, and was instructed to report entering a right…

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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