# Incident 20120303012109I: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/L, Jean, NV, March 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Jean, NV
- Airport: Jean
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7683° N, 115.3296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEAN (0L7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7683&lon=-115.3296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369XT-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/L (registry code 70218DN, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugproduktions-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A (registry code 42403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGPRODUKTIONS-UND EA 300/L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-580-B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120303012109I

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED NOTIFICATION VIA MEMO ON JUNE 12, 2012 FROM THE DENALI CMO THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED AN INVESTIGATION OF A COMPLAINT REGARDING AN INCIDENT ON MARCH 3, 2012, RELATING TO SKY COMABT ACE LLC OF HENDERSON, NEVADA. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED N369XT, MODEL EXTRA FLUGZEUPRODUKTIONS EA-300L, THAT CONTACTED A PARGLIDER TOW-LINE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL AT THE JEAN DRY LAKE BED IN JEAN, NEVADA NEAR JEAN AIRPORT (OL7). N369XT WAS IN A FORMATION FLIGHT WITH THREE (3) OTHER AIRCRAFT, 2 OF WHICH WERE MODEL EA-300L AND A MILITARY NORTH AMERICAN T6 TRAINER. THE SCA LLC OPERATE WITH A WAIVER FOR FARMATION FLIGHT NOT TO EXCEED OPERATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. THIS FLIGHT EXCEEDED THOSE WAIVER MINIMUMS BY 2000 FEET. THE TOW LINE CONTACTED THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING ASSEMBLY UPPER AND LOWER CAMBER. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN FORMATION FLIGHT AND WAS IN A SLOW TURN ABOUT 500' ABOVE GROUND FOR A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH PASSENGER ONBOARD. PILOT STATES HE NOTICED THE TOW-LINE JUST PRIOR TO THE TOW-LINE CONTACTING HIS LEFT WING. PILOT STATED THE TOW-LINE STAYED ATTACHED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AND THEN TRAILED OFF. THE #3 SHIP IN THE FORMATION CALLED "KNOCK IT OFF" WHICH IS THE SIGNAL TO BREAK FORMATION. #3 AIRCRAFT JOINED BACK UP TO ASSESS DAMAGE, DAMAGE COULD NOT BE ASSESED, SO THEY MADE A DECISION TO RETURN TO HENDERSON AIRPORT, NEVADA FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. PILOT LATER STATED HE SAW THE PARAGLIDER WHEN THEY ENTERED THE AREA BUT WAS NOT AWARE IT WAS BEING TOWED FROM THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT GAVE THE PARAGLIDER A 1500' CLEARANCE, BUT THEY PASSED IN FRONT OF THE GLIDER WHICH PUT THEM IN THE PATH OF THE TOW ROPE. PARAGLIDER WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N369XT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20141105022759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141105022759A), Nov 5, 2014: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/L (N369XT), Henderson, NV, Destroyed. N369XT experienced a loss of engine power while on short final to runway 35 at Henderson airport, Nevada. The aircraft touched down perindicular to a road then…

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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