# Incident 19990817025049I: Rhnflu EA300L, Maui, HI, August 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Maui, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.7702° N, 156.2682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maui, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7702&lon=-156.2682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (registry code 70218DG, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RHNFLU EA300L
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 285 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817025049I

## Narrative

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

MR. CHURCHILL DEPARTED OGG ENROUTE TO HNL. ABOUT 2 MILES AFTER DEPARTURE HE CALLED FOR RETURN TO LANDING AND SQUAWKED 7700 CODE ON THE TRANSPONDER. HE RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. THE PILOT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES AT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM DUE TO THE PLEXIGLASS WOUND ON FOREHEAD. PILOT STATED HE MIGHT HAVE HIT BIRD. EVIDENCE SUGGEST THAT THE FORWARD CANOPY LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE, AND THE REAR LATCH FAILED AFTER CRUISE AIRSPEED WAS ATTAINED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE CANOPY HIT THE WING, THEN HE REDUCED AIRSPEED AND WAS ABLE TO CLOSE AND LATCH THE CANOPY.

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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