# Accident 20080509837949A: Rhnflu EA300L, Queen Creek, AZ, May 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2008, 13:17 local time
- Place: Queen Creek, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2864° N, 111.4819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2864&lon=-111.4819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N133EE-2011-03-07) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,208 total, 362 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080509837949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN UPSET RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT N 33 17.179, W 111 28.916 ON A HEADING OF 112 DEGREES, UPRIGHT., ON ABOUT A 45-DEGREE NOSE-DOWN ANGLE. THE EMPENNAGE WAS SEPARATED AND LAYING IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH WINGS WERE ATTACHED BUT HEAVILY DAMAGED. ALL CONTROL SURFACES WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE CANOPY FRAME WAS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE EMPENNAGE WITH BOTH RELEASE HANDLES IN THE OPEN POSITION. MOST OF THE ENGINE WAS BURIED BY IMPACT. THERE WAS NO PRE- OR POST-CRASH FIRE. THE TWO PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT AND FATALLY IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AFT SEAT PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 72 FEET NORTH OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH DEPLOYED PARACHUTE. HIS PARACHUTE WAS PROPERLY ATTCHED WITHOUT APPARENT DEFECTS AND HAD A CURRENT PACK DATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THE FRONT SEAT PILOT, IMPACTED THE GROUND 37 FEET NORTH OF THE AIRCRAFT. HIS PARACHUTE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ATTEMPTED DEPLOYMENT AND WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED. IT ALSO HAD A CURRENT PACK DATE. DEBRIS FROM THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAINED IN A SMALL AREA SURROUNDING THE AIRCRAFT, EXCEPT FOR SEVERAL PIECES OF CANOPY PLASTIC FOUND 300 TO 400 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE.

## 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 LAX08FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA134), May 9, 2008: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-GMBH EA-300/L (N133EE), Queen Creek, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of aircraft control due to an undetermined rudder malfunction.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.