of December 2022. 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Dzyomgi AB (deliveries planned to start in 2023) Accidents On 10 June 2014, the fifth flying prototype, aircraft T-50-5, was severely damaged by an engine fire after landing. The pilot managed to escape unharmed. The aircraft was subsequently written off, and its salvageable parts were cannibalized to finish the sixth "first stage" prototype, which was then given the fifth prototype's bort number and its designation changed from T-50-6-1 to T-50-5R. However, official accounting still considers the two aircraft to be the "same" one. On 24 December 2019, the first serial Su-57 (bort number "01 blue") crashed 110–120 km away from the Dzyomgi Airport, Khabarovsk Krai, during the final stage of its factory trials due to a control system malfunction. The pilot ejected and was recovered by helicopter. According to TASS, the test flight took place at an altitude of 8,000 meters when the malfunction occurred, causing the airplane to enter a rapid spiral descent. When all attempts to stabilize the airplane into a horizontal flight using the manual flight control system failed, the pilot ejected at an altitude of 2,000 meters. Specifications (Su-57) Notable appearances in media The Su-57 appears in the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick as the aircraft used by the unnamed hostile nation. The Su-57 is a flyable aircraft in the aerial combat game Ace Combat 7. See also References Notes References Bibliography Lake, Jon. "Sukhoi T-50 - Russia's Raptor?" Combat Aircraft, Vol. 11, No.4, April 2010. Sweetman, Bill. "Sukhoi T-50 Shows Flight-Control Innovations". Aviation Week & Space Technology, 19 August 2013. New York City, New York, US: Penton Media, Inc. External links Official Sukhoi Su-57 webpages at , and Su-57 2010s Russian fighter aircraft Twinjets Stealth aircraft Three dimension thrust vectoring aircraft Aircraft first flown in 2010