# Accident 20000930015759A: Sukhoi SU-26, Telluride, CO, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 14:20 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9392° N, 107.8994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9392&lon=-107.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26KP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26KP-2001-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-26 (registry code 9850104, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930015759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/30/00 PILOT KENT PFEIDER WAS PERFORMING A ACROBATIC MANUEVER AT THE AIRSHOW AT TELLURIDE, CO. DURING THE TOP PORTION OF HIS VERTICAL MANUEVER THE AIRPLANE TUMBLED, THEN ENTERED A TAIL SLID, THEN WENT INTO A SPIN AND DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER. THIS ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSES BY FAA INSPECTOR DAVE RODDA WHO WAS MONITORING THE AIRSHOW. THE FAA II DID NOT TRAVEL TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE, SINCE INSPECTOR DAVE RODDA FROM THIS OFFICE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. DAVE RODDA TRAVEL TIME WAS CHARGED TO TOTAL TRAVEL HOURS FROM THE SCENE.

## 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 DEN00FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA182), Sep 30, 2000: Sukhoi SU-26MX (N26KP), Telluride, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering, and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin to the ground. A contributing factor was the high density altitude weather condition.

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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