# Accident 20100911046749A: Extra Flugz EA-300, Sierra Vista, AZ, September 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Sierra Vista, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5703° N, 110.3799° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5703&lon=-110.3799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N102EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 (registry code 70218DI, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO540-L1B5D (registry code 41791, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio540-l1b5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZ EA-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,011 total, 265 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100911046749A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR10LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA454), Sep 11, 2010: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 (N102EX), Sierra Vista, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to metal debris contamination of the inverted oil system shuttle valve, which resulted in a disruption of oil flow and subsequent oil starvation.

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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