# NTSB GAA22WA132: Sukhoi SU-31, N131BT, Ploiesti, Romania, March 26, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 26, 2022, 16:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Ploiesti, Romania
- Coordinates: 44.925437, 25.957378 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9254&lon=25.9574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104837
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104837/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA132

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Sukhoi SU-31, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=9850105), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N131BT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131BT), registered now, S/N 03-01, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUKHOI SU-31
- Registry model: [Sukhoi SU-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/sukhoi-su-31) (registry code 9850105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 03-01
- Year built: 1995
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: LRPW

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.

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