20100911046749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Extra Flugz EA-300 · Sierra Vista, AZ · September 11, 2010

Date
September 11, 2010 · 08:30 local
Place
Sierra Vista, AZ
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N102EX
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR10LA454
Reported as
Extra Flugz EA-300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,011 total265 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft lost engine oil pressure and engine seized after performing inverted flight, aerobatic maneuvers. The aircraft landed on highway 90 and a car hit the left wing resulting in substantial wing damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE SEIZED AFTER PERFORMING INVERTED FLIGHT, AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON HIGHWAY 90 AND A CAR HIT THE LEFT WING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL WING DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.