# Incident 20180310001849I: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA-400, Rocy Mount, NC, March 10, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2018, 16:48 local time
- Place: Rocy Mount, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N14EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-400 (registry code 7021804, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-400
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 60 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180310001849I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOTING AN EXTRA 400 FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NC TO LEESBURG, VA (JYO). HE WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND LEVELED OFF AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 15K FEET. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT HE NOTICED HIGHER WATER TEMPERATURE POWERING UP TO FLIGHT LEVEL. WATER TEMPERATURE NORMALIZED AT CRUISE.  HE WAS BEING ROUTED BY ATC WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED MANIFOLD PRESSURE 37 IN. TO 22IN OF PRESSURE. HE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE AND THEN LOST CABIN PRESSURE. HE SWITCHED TO ?ALTERNATE AIR? AND BEGAN TO SMELL ENGINE FUMES. HE DESCENDED TO 10K FEET. HE ENCOUNTERED IMC AT 13,500 FT AND REALIZED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. HE LOST COMMUNICATION WITH WASHINGTON TOWER. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE FIELD. HE LANDED GEAR UP IN A COTTON FIELD SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE RADOME ON THE RIGHT WING AND SOME BELLY DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N14EX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010324025159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010324025159I), Mar 24, 2001: Extra EA400 (N14EX), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 24, 2001 an Extra EA-400 (N14EX) was on a sales demonstration flight with an ATP rated pilot at the controls. While returning back to deervalley…

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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