# Accident 20240519019729A: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Bandera, WA, May 19, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2024, 16:48 local time
- Place: Bandera, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3832° N, 121.4999° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3832&lon=-121.4999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22MW-2024-06-05) (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: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240519019729A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 19, 2024, RECEIVED CALL FROM ROC AROUND 2046 HOUR REPORTING AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MISSING.

ON MAY 20, 2024, RECEIVED CALL FROM ROC AROUND 1824 HOUR REPORTING AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 472259N LONGITUDE 212959W CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN

CIRCUISTANCES.

ON MAY 22, 2024, SPOKE WITH AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REVIEWED AIRCRAFT (N22MW) MAINTENANCE LOGS.

ON MAY 23, 2024, NTSD VISIT CRASH SITE, ONE BOBY WAS 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 WPR24FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA156), May 19, 2024: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N22MW), Bandera, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue flight into icing conditions and inclement weather, which likely led to spatial disorientation when he attempted to divert from the planned course to the destination…

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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