# Incident 20161015017959I: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA-300, Redlands, CA, October 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0853° N, 117.1464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDLANDS MUNI (REI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0853&lon=-117.1464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7769J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,446 total, 34 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161015017959I

## Narrative

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

AFTER THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) COMPLETED HIS COCKPIT PREFLIGHT CHECKS, HE PROCEEDED TO CLOSE AND LATCH HIS CANOPY. DURING ROLL-UP; AT APPROX. 40 TO 60 KNOTS THE CANOPY OPENED VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE ACFT TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC MANAGED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY WHILE DECREASING SPEED.  THE PIC TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT BACK TO HIS HANGER WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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