# Accident 20080605837889A: Rhnflu EA300L, Gothenburg, NE, June 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2008, 09:04 local time
- Place: Gothenburg, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1350° N, 100.1533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1350&lon=-100.1533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12XT-2014-10-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540L1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 173 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080605837889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5, 2008 AN EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA300/L, N12XT, DEPARTED NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT(LBF), NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 UTC. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED VFR UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE ATC. THE PILOT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING INFORMATION FROM THE COU FSS AT 1248 UTC. NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT METAR INDICATED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) WERE PRESENT. THE PILOT INDICATED TO COU FSS THAT THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS LEWIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT, CHICAGO ILLINOIS (LOT). NINETEEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MILES NORTH OF GOTHENBURG NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT), WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE RADAR PLOT OF THE FLIGHT PATH PROVIDED BY DENVER ARTCC, INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED EXTREME MANEUVERS.

## 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 DEN08FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA100), Jun 5, 2008: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N12XT), Gothenburg, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after encountering instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's recent usage of Marihuana, his impaired…

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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