# Accident 20210112001519A: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Pell City, AL, January 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2021, 18:00 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5603° N, 86.2636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pell City, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5603&lon=-86.2636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771JP-2024-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (registry code 70218DG, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210112001519A

## Narrative

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

DURING VFR FLIGHT FROM KGAD TO KPLR PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DURING APPROACH PHASE TO THE KPLR AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT MSL. PILOT STATED AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART. NOTE: STRIATIONS AT THE POINT OF INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WOULD INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS UNDER SOME POWER AND THE CONDITION OF THE PROP WOULD FURTHER VALIDATE THE PROP WAS INDEED TURNING)  PILOT DESCENDED THROUGH TREES DAMAGING THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND UPON LANDING IN THE FIELD THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWN VERY LITTLE FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING TANK AND NONE VISIBLE IN THE LEFT WING TANK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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