# NTSB ERA26FA034: Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/SC, N330SL, Keystone Heights, FL, November 8, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report - Date: November 8, 2025, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC) - Place: Keystone Heights, FL · On Airport - Coordinates: 29.841932, -82.050362 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8419&lon=-82.0504&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 1 fatal - Status: Investigation ongoing - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/ FSDO, Lycoming Engines, German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation - NTSB case key (mKey): 201973 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26FA034 - NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201973/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA034 ## Preliminary report On November 8, 2025, at 1038 eastern standard time, an Extra 330/SC, N330SL, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Keystone Heights, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. The owner of the airplane flew the airplane from St. Augustine, Florida, to Keystone Heights Airport (42J), Keystone Heights, Florida, on the morning of the accident to use the aerobatic box located at 42J. The airplane owner stated that he, along with a few other pilots, planned to practice their aerobatic routines for an upcoming competition. The owner said he flew his practice routine first and reported no issues with the airplane. After he landed, the airplane was refueled, and another pilot boarded the airplane and departed for his practice flight. The airplane owner said he watched the pilot’s entire routine and witnessed the accident. He said the pilot entered the aerobatic box and performed a “warm up figure” which was a lay down figure eight. He then climbed to approximately 3, 500 ft. mean sea level (msl) and re-entered the aerobatic box and executed the first three maneuvers “very precisely.” The third figure ended with a vertical climb with two quarter rolls in the middle of the climb and ended by laying out inverted in preparation for the next maneuver which began with a 1 ¼ inverted spin. The airplane entered the inverted spin; however, it did not stop at the 1 ¼ position as expected. The owner said the airplane spun another ½ -turn, before the pilot was able to stop the turn with the nose of the airplane pointed nose down about 30 degrees; however, the airplane rapidly accelerated into a flat inverted spin to the left. The airplane owner said the pilot appeared to regain control after six rotations and attempted to “fly out” inverted but had insufficient altitude to do so. The airplane re-entered the spin and impacted the ground inverted. A preliminary review of airport surveillance video revealed the airplane’s engine could be heard being advanced to full power prior to the airplane coming into view. When the airplane came into view it was in an inverted flat spin to the left. The airplane made three rotations before it rolled upright about 100 ft. above the ground. The airplane then nosed over and impacted the ground inverted. A postimpact fire consumed the airplane. The wreckage was retained for further investigation. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/SC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=7021810), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N330SL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N330SL), registered now, S/N SC050, built 2014 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGPRODUKTIONS EA 300/SC - Registry model: [Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/SC](https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugproduktions-ea-300-sc) (registry code 7021810) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-580-X](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-x) (registry code 41806, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: SC050 - Year built: 2014 - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 42J, Keystone Heights - Equipment: ADS-B ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: GNV, 15 nm away - METAR: METAR KGNV 081553Z 19006KT 10SM BKN100 25/18 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02500183 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20251108019259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108019259A), Nov 8, 2025: Extra 300, Stark, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On November 8th 2025, at approximately 10:38 am at the Keystone Heights Airport (K42J) near Stark Florida, N330SL, an Extra flugzeugpruktions 300SC s/n SC050… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.