# Accident 20171021021799A: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/L, Four Corners, CA, October 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2017, 17:05 local time
- Place: Four Corners, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Location: 32.9433° N, 116.7644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9433&lon=-116.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414MT-2020-09-04) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171021021799A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/21/2017, N414MT DEPARTED GILLESPIE FIELD AT APPROX. 1550. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED N 32 56.597 / W -116 45.872, WITHIN THE EL CAPITAN RESERVOIR AREA. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. TWO SOULS ON BOARD, NO SURVIVORS.

## 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 WPR18FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA013), Oct 21, 2017: Flugzeugproduktions-und Vertri EA 300/L (N414MT), Four Corners, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Collision with terrain after the pilot was unable to regain airplane control during an aerobatic maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the operator's failure to provide effective internal…

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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