# Accident 20220113000589A: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Mesa, AZ, January 13, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2022, 13:06 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3120° N, 111.6659° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3120&lon=-111.6659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N203EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N203EX) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,439 total, 1,626 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220113000589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N203EX TAXIED OUT FOR FORMATION FLIGHT.   DURING RUN-UP, PILOT NOTICED TAIL STARTED TO MOVE AND RIGHT BRAKE WAS A LITTLE MUSHY.  THE PILOT PUMPED THE BRAKE AND IT SEEMED TO WORK.  PILOT DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  UPON LANDING, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW AIRCRAFT DOWN TO TURN OFF TO THE RIGHT. WHEN PILOT PUSHED RIGHT BRAKE NOTHING HAPPEN, HE PUSHED BOTH BRAKES HARDER WHICH CAUSED PLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND GROUND LOOP.   THIS CAUSED RIGHT WING TO STRIKE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.    AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY. BRAKE PAD HAD FALLEN OUT AND WAS FOUND ON RAMP.  PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND ADMITTED HE WILL TAXI BACK AND WRITE UP DISCREPANCY NEXT TIME THERE IS ANY ISSUE DURING RUNUP.    PILOT WAS COUNSELED REGARDING IMPORTANCE OF CORRECTING ANY DISCREPANCY BEFORE FLIGHT.

## 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 WPR22LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA088), Jan 13, 2022: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N203EX), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right brake due to the separation of the brake pad from the brake assembly. Also causal was the improper maintenance of the airplane, which resulted in the use of a brake pad that…

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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