# Accident 19990515005259A: Rhnflu EA300L, Edna, TX, May 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Edna, TX
- Airport: Jackson County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9703° N, 96.6404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9703&lon=-96.6404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91MS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RHNFLU EA300L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,663 total, 80 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515005259A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING AFTER PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS AT AN AIRSHOW, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19) ON MAY 15, 1999, AT 1400 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N91MS, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR EDNA, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY AIR BONANZA, INC., OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.  THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 AEROBATIC FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM EDNA, TEXAS AT 1345. THE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED PERFORMING AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER AND WAS RETURNING FOR LANDING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HIS RIGHT FOOT "SLIPPED OFF OF THE RUDDER [PEDAL]."  THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO MOVE TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND HE APPLIED POWER FOR A "GO-AROUND."  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE ATTAINED A HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL AND "STALLED."  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND FLIPPED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED.  ACCORDING TO  THE PILOT THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WERE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED.                      (.4)THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING A GO-AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR AND THE PILOT, THE PILOT PERFORMED MANEUVERS DURING AN AEROBATIC COMPETITION, AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE MANEUVERS, HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 14. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE 'ROLL OUT [HIS] RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE RUDDER PEDAL AND [HE] LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL [OF THE AIRPLANE].' WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY 'TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED,' AND THEN DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT THEN 'ADDED POWER,' AND THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED IN A 'NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.' THE AIRPLANE ATTAINED A HEIGHT 20 FEET AGL, AND THE 'LEFT WING DIPPED DOWN.' SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD.                                                              (-23)WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RW14 AT EDNA, TEXAS (25R), ^PRIVACY D^ FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED TO THE LEFT.  HE THEN APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND AND THE LEFT WING DIPPED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUS ING THE AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL.

## 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 FTW99LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA142), May 15, 1999: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N91MS), Edna, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall by the pilot during a go-around. A factor was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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