# Accident 20031012030369A: Rhnflu EA300L, Queen Anne, MD, October 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2003, 17:10 local time
- Place: Queen Anne, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9308° N, 76.0008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9308&lon=-76.0008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18NL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18NL-2017-06-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031012030369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/12/03, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:10 PM, MR. MARK DAMISCH, HOLDER OF ATP PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 483925422 WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF AN EXTRA 300 AEROBATIC AIRPLANE NEAR QUEEN ANNE, MD. DURING APPARENT AEROBATIC MANEUVERING MR. DAMISCH LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED. MR. DAMISCH, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. THERE WAS ONE EYE WITNESS TO THE CRASH. THE WITNESS, MRS. UTE MOOG STATED THAT SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN A CAR RIDING WEST BOUND ON RT 404 NEAR QUEEN ANNE WHEN SHE SAW THE AIRPLANE ONLY FOR A SPLIT SECOND IT APPEARED TO BE IN A VERTICAL DIVE NOT TURNING IN ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. SHE SAID THAT SHE ESTIMATED THAT THE PLANE ENTERED HER FIELD OF VIEW APPROXIMATELY 100' ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS COMING STRAIGHT IN. UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE CRASH SITE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE GROUND AT A STEEP VERTICAL ANGLE. THE ENGINE WAS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 18 INCHES. THE AIRPLANE WAS MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND WAS FRAGMENTED BADLY ON IMPACT. THE FUSELAGE WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM STEEL TUBING WAS COMPRESSED LIKE AN ACCORDION.

## 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 NYC04LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA006), Oct 12, 2003: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300L (N18NL), Queen Anne, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's performance of aerobatic maneuvers with positive and negative Gs, which resulted in a G induced loss of control, and uncontrolled impact with the ground.

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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