# Incident 20080504837179I: Rhnflu EA300L, Dallas, TX, May 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52FC) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504837179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MAY 4, 2008, ABOUT 1630 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME AN EXTRA EA300 AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PORTION OF THE LAMP BAR TOWER OF THE APPRAOCH LIGHTING SYSTEM DURING APPROACH INTO ADDISON, TX (ADS) AIRPORT.  THE 24000 HOUR PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, AND RIGHT GEAR STRUT FAIRING, INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO ROC BY ADS TOWER PERSONNEL ON 5/06/2008.

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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