# Incident 20040707014209I: Sukhoi SU29, Arlington, WA, July 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N699SU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-29 (registry code 9850103, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU29
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040707014209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CANOPY SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT DURING "KNIFE EDGE" FLIGHT MANEUVER DURING LOW PASS ABOVE RUNWAY AT AIR SHOW. CANOPY LIFTED AND DEPARTED TO THE RIGHT CONTACTING THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT'S HELMET BLEW OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CANOPY DEPARTED. THE PILOT PULLED UP TO GAIN ALTITUDE AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY TO LAND. PILOT TAXIED TO THE PERFORMER'S STAGING AREA. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED AND REMAINED IN THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AIR SHOW.

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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