# Accident 19971025030929A: Rhnflu EXTRA300, Castaic, CA, October 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Castaic, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4774° N, 118.6327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castaic, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4774&lon=-118.6327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69BW-2001-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 (registry code 70218DI, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RHNFLU EXTRA300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971025030929A

## Narrative

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

HAMMERHEAD STALL AT UNSAFE ALTITUDE OBSERVED SPIIN TO GROUND. AIRMET OUT FOR WINDS. CFI HAD PRIOR ANGINA INDICATION. (-23) NO NARRATIVE.                                                        (.19) ON OCTOBER 25, 1997, ABOUT 1715 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH, EA-300, N69BW, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN NEAR CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA. THE COMMERCIAL LICENSED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT LICENSED STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE AEROBATIC INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED FROM THE VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA. AIRPORT ABOUT 1600.

## 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 LAX98FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA022), Oct 26, 1997: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 (N69BW), Castaic, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during an aerobatic maneuver.

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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