In this paper, a backstepping second-order sliding mode control scheme (BSOSMC) is proposed for suppressing both flutter and limit cycle oscillation in the aeroelastic system. The proposed control scheme combining the sliding mode control and backstepping technique, which obtain the properties of fast response and improve the control accuracy. To obtain a better disturbance rejection property, we employ compensated control term. The compensated control term provides the complete compensation of the uncertainty and disturbance, and it relax the requirement of the bound of uncer-tainty and disturbance. The convergence and stability of the proposed control scheme are proved by using Lyapunov’s method. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.