# Accident 20030823028999A: Extra EA300, Chicago/Aurora, IL, August 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2003, 17:40 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/200 (registry code 7021803, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea300-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA EA300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823028999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AEROBATIC COMPETITION WHEN DURING ONE MANEUVER THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND LANDED HARD ONLY A FEW FEET SHORT OF THE SELECTED RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI03LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA327), Aug 23, 2003: Extra Flugzeugbau EA200 (N9PB), Sugar Grove, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadvertent deactivation of the magnetos, and the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for the forced landing. Factors were the low altitude and the…

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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