# Accident 20241020014649A: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Las Cruces, NM, October 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2024, 14:35 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2912° N, 106.9264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2912&lon=-106.9264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (registry code 70218DG, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,209 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241020014649A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 20, 2024, AT 1435 MDT, AN EA 300 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE PERFORMING AEROBATIC DEMONSTRATION AT KLRU (LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NM).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR AN AIRSHOW / AIR RACE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAS CRUCES, NM ON OCTOBER 20, 2024, AT 1425 MST.

## 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 WPR25FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA020), Oct 20, 2024: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N512DW), Las Cruces, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s entry into an aerobatic maneuver at an altitude that was insufficient to complete a successful recovery, which resulted in an accelerated stall and impact with terrain.

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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