# Accident 20170520007909A: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/S, Pendelton, OR, May 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2017, 15:03 local time
- Place: Pendelton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendlet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6947° N, 118.8431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6947&lon=-118.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68PW-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/S (registry code 70218DE, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-580-X (registry code 41806, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU EA 300/S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 135 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170520007909A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB SPONSORED THREE DAY AEROBATIC CAMP.

THE PILOT WAS STARTING HIS THIRD PRACTICE FLIGHT OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CAMP.  FLIGHTS GENERALLY LAST ABOUT 20 MINUTES ON AVERAGE.

PREFLIGHT WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO MECHANICAL ISSUES.  PILOT WAS CLEARED BY TOWER FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 29,   A FEW SECONDS INTO THE 2900 RPM TAKEOFF ACCELERATION THE PILOT NOTICED THE CANOPY LIFT AND SEPARATE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING HIM TO ABRUPTLY SHIFT HEAD AND SHOULDERS TO DODGE THE CANOPY AS IT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT TOWARDS THE GRASS.  THE PILOT QUICKLY DECIDED TO "RIDE IT OUT" STRAIGHT AHEAD TO AVOID GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT MAINTAINED AFT ELEVATOR AND APPROPRIATE RUDDER TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN WHICH HE DID NOT SEE BECAUSE OF LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS WITH THE ENGINE IDLING.  PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE THREE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADES WERE BROKEN OFF NEAR MID-LENGTH, RIGHT WHEEL PANT WAS SHATTERED, AND LEFT WING LOWER SKIN WAS PUNCTURED.  THE REMNANTS OF THE DEPARTED SHATTERED CANOPY AND BENT CANOPY FRAME WERE ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR17LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA116), May 20, 2017: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/S (N68PW), Pendelton, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow checklists to ensure the canopy was secured before takeoff.

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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