# Fatal NTSB investigations: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR12FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA155.md): Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 · Salinas, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 2012 · N45R · Substantial damage
  > A loose portable XM-GPS antenna that migrated to the tail section of the airplane and jammed the elevator bell crank. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to account for the cockpit portable GPS antenna during preflight or postflight…
- [NTSB WPR09LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA203.md): Extra EA-300 · Santa Barbara, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2009 · N101PK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain for undetermined reasons while performing aerobatics.
- [NTSB LAX98FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA022.md): Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 · Castaic, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1997 · N69BW · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during an aerobatic maneuver.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('70218DI'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=70218DI

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