# Incident 20230207003709I: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Deland, FL, February 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2023, 17:20 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N207LH) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230207003709I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/07/2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN EA-300, CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TAXING ON THE AIRPORT TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST CAME OUT OF A 1000 HOUR INSPECTION BY THE AIRCRAFT DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY WERE PERFORMING HIGH SPEED TAXI TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE AFTER MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC ON BOARD WAS WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO LAND (WHILE WAITING ON HOLD) ON THE TAXIWAY, WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATING TO THE RIGHT. THE MECHANIC NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW THE RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER ON THE GROUND (BROKEN). THE MECHANIC SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO HIS LOCATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED ON FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE MECHANIC.

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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