# Accident 20080504833459A: Rhnflu EA300L, Great Falls, MT, May 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2008, 19:11 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4825° N, 111.3706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4825&lon=-111.3706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272X-2009-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/L (registry code 70218DN, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugproduktions-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 (registry code 41792, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-l1b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RHNFLU EA300L
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540L1B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,499 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504833459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 3, 2008, AT 1950 MTN, AN EXTRA EA-300/L, N272X, REGISTERED TO SOUTHEAST AERO SALES INC., WAS FLYING FROM MILES CITY, MT TO GREAT FALLS, MT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO A HARD LANDING AT GREAT FALLS, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, WINDS WERE SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS, AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY. THE PILOT IS A CERTIFICATED CANADIAN PILOT WITH COMMERCIAL AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 5000' ON RUNWAY 21 AFTER A LONG LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AFTER THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN AND FLEW ANOTHER 1000' BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING, THAT WAS CAUSED FROM THE IMPACT OF THE HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE SHEARED OFF, THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT WING HAD MULTIPLE HOLES, AND THE ENGINE COWLING WAS BUCKLED. THE PILOT DEPARTED CARROLL COUNTY, HUNTINGDON TN, COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT OF DAY. THE PILOT MADE MULTIPLE STOPS ALONG THE WAY WITH HIS FINAL STOP IN GREAT FALLS, MT. HIS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME FOR THE DAY WAS 9.3 HOURS.

## 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 SEA08CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA121), May 4, 2008: Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/L (N272X), Great Falls, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare. A contributing factor was the glare from the sun.

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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