# Incident 20170822017309I: Extra EA-300, Henderson, NV, August 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/LC (registry code 70218DQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugproduktions-und-ea-300-lc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A (registry code 42403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA EA-300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,230 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170822017309I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/22/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM (PDT) AIRCRAFT N269KD AN EXTRA EA-300/LC REGISTERED TO UNMANNED SYSTEMS INC. AND OPERATED BY SKY COMBAT ACE (14 CFR PART 91 PROVIDING 14 CFR PART 61 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION) STARTED DEPARTURE ROLL AT HND ON RUNWAY 35L. ON DEPARTURE ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY THIRTY TO FIFTY FEET THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO SKY COMBAT ACE HND FACILITY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY AND CANOPY MOUNT WAS NOTED. NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE TWO OCCUPANTS.

POST INCIDENT THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND STATED THAT HE UNLATCHED/OPENED THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY SLIGHTLY WHILE TAXIING TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT COCKPIT WAS GETTING HOT.  HE WENT ON TO STATE THAT HE WAS SURE THAT HE SECURED THE CANOPY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. ADDITIONALLY HE STATED THAT SOMETIMES WHILE CLOSING/LATCHING THE CANOPY OF THESE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY ARE SOMETIMES STIFF AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OR EXTRA AFT MOTION TO ENSURE THEY ARE LATCHED CLOSED. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD MADE AN ENTRY IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG REGARDING THE RESISTANT LATCH AND THEN HAVE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL EVALUATE THE CANOPY LATCHING MECHANISM. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT ENTERED THIS IN THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK. LASTLY HE STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HIM AND THAT THE FIRST TIME HE FAILED TO SECURELY LATCH THE CANOPY. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AFT FACING CAMERA MOUNTED IN THE COCKPIT. A REVIEW OF THE CAMERAS FOOTAGE DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY WAS NOT SECURELY FASTENED CLOSED PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE ROLL. THIS INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF THE PILOT FAILING TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY.

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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