# Accident 20220703011699A: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Boulder City, NV, July 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2022, 07:48 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9225° N, 114.9514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9225&lon=-114.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343BH-2023-05-27) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,021 total, 74 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220703011699A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/03/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1548UTC, (0748PDT),^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1996 EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIXED WING SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED REMOTE DESERT TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BOULDER CITY AIRPORT (BVU), NEAR BOULDER CITY, NEVADA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY IMPACT DAMAGE AND A POST-CRASH FIRE.

THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY DEPARTED FROM THE HENDERSON AIRPORT IN HENDERSON, NEVADA ON A CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

INITIAL INDICATIONS AT THE CRASH SITE WOULD SUPPORT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A STALL/SPIN ATTITUDE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.

THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN MANEUVERING IN AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES FROM THE DRY LAKE BED AND WAS UPSLOPE FROM THE DRY LAKE BED, NEAR A MOUNTAINOUS RIDGELINE AND IMPACTED THE DESERT TERRAIN NEAR WHERE THE STEEP MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BEGINS.

PER THE VIDEO OBTAINED OF THE LAST MANEUVER THAT THE PILOT PERFORMED, IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED A AEROBATIC MANEUVER, STALLED AND NEVER RECOVERED.

## 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 WPR22FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA240), Jul 3, 2022: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N343BH), Boulder City, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane by exceeding the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering in a turning climb at a low altitude, which resulted in an…

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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