# Accident 20041002022949A: Sukhoi SU29, Santa Fe, NM, October 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2004, 13:27 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6208° N, 106.0892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6208&lon=-106.0892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92CG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92CG-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-29 (registry code 9850103, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU29
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002022949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 2, 2004, AT 1327 MDT, A SUKHOI SU-29, N92CG, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE PERFORMING ACROBATICS DURING AN AIR SHOW AT THE SANTA FE (SAF) AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE ONLY OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SANTA FE AIRPORT AT 1305 MDT.

## 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 DEN05FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA002), Oct 2, 2004: Sukhoi SU-29 (N92CG), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in the inverted spin, spiral, and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors contributing to the accident were the inadvertent stall spin, 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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