# Incident 20230703007389I: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Burlington, VT, July 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2023, 12:53 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98TS) (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: 5,155 total, 22 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230703007389I

## Narrative

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

BTV - 07/03/2023/1253EDT - AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/EA 300L.  DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE CANOPY LOCKING MECHANISM NOT FULLY ENGAGED. PIC ABORTED TAKE-OFF.  PIC TAXIED BACK TO RAMP EVENTFUL.

THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE CANOPY LOCKING MECHANISM WAS FULLY ENGAGED DURING INTERIOR PRE-FLIGHT AND BEFORE ENGINE START.

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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