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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 · Salinas, CA · April 8, 2012

Date
April 8, 2012 · 06:59 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Airport
Salinas
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N45R
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12FA155
Reported as
Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0

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.

Eye witness, privacy data omitted reported the aircraft was at approximately 1500 feet above ground level and had executed two rolls. On the third roll the aircraft remained in the inverted position, nosed over and inpacted the ground at approximately a (45) degree angle.

As the FAA filed it

EYE WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND HAD EXECUTED TWO ROLLS. ON THE THIRD ROLL THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE INVERTED POSITION, NOSED OVER AND INPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY A (45) DEGREE ANGLE.

NTSB investigation

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