# Incident 20240720010099I: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Stow, MA, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 11:48 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Air Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4604° N, 71.5180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINUTE MAN AIR FLD (6B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53NL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53NL) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,182 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720010099I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 20, 2024 THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING AEROBATIC PRACTICE AND ELECTED TO STOP AT THE 6B6 AIRPORT FOR FUEL PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THEIR HOME BASE OF BED. ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 THE PILOT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING AND PUNCTURING THE FUEL TANK. THE PILOT RETURNED TO BED CITING BETTER EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. THE PILOT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THEIR HANAGAR AND ORDERED FUEL. WHEN FUELING THE RIGHT WING IT WAS NOTED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE WING, BED OPERATIONS AND THE ROC WERE NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N53NL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120819016529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120819016529I), Aug 19, 2012: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L (N53NL), Danbury, CT, Minor damage. On 08/19/2012 at 15:30 EDT, N53NL an Extra EA300L landed on runway 26 at Danbury, CT (dxr). During rollout 2400' from the threshold the left main wheel and…

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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