# Accident 20080914845119A: Sukhoi SU31M, Vera, OK, September 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2008, 18:55 local time
- Place: Vera, OK
- Airport: Sky Haven Airpark/Sellmeyer Fi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4246° N, 95.9024° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4246&lon=-95.9024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N531MS-2013-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sukhoi SU-31M (registry code 9850106, https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-31m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU31M
- Reported engine: VEDENY M1417
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080914845119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL TO LAND AT SELLMEYER FIELD AIRPORT (OK01) AS HE REDUCED POWER, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ROSE ABOVE THE HORIZON.  PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW THE ORANGE BALLS OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE POWERLINES AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THE AIRACRAFT WAS MAKING POWER SO HE CHOSE TO MAKE A GO AROUND.  PILOT STATED HE ASKED A PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO LOOK AT HIS GEAR, THE PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR WAS ATTACHED.  PILOT STATED HE THEN MADE ANOTHER LEFT HAND ORBIT AND LANDED ON THE TURF RUNWAY AT OK01.  AIRCRAFT HAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR.

## 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 DFW08CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA229), Sep 14, 2008: Sukhoi SU-31M (N531MS), Collinsville, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from marked transmission lines while on final approach.

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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