# Accident 20061014031189A: Rhnflu EA300L, Culpeper, VA, October 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2006, 17:01 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5267° N, 77.8647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5267&lon=-77.8647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N168EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N168EX-2013-05-06) (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 AEIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061014031189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PERFORMING AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER DURING AN AIRSHOW AT CULPEPPER, VA (KCJR) AIRPORT. AFTER COMPLETING 5 ROTATIONS IN THE "MULTIPLE SNAP ROLLS ON A 45 DEGREE DOWN LINE" MANEUVER, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER TO NORMAL FLIGHT ATTITUDE AND DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ATLTITUDE REMAINING TO FULLY RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SLIGHTLY LEFT WING LOW AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 400' BEFORE STARTING TO CARTWHEEL AND BREAK APART. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 950' BEFORE STOPPING AND ERUPTING IN FLAMES.

## 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 NYC07FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA007), Oct 14, 2006: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh 300 (N168EX), Culpeper, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s disorientation while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in the airplane’s inadvertent impact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s overuse of…

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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