# NTSB WPR26LA026: Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L, N300EX, Arlington, WA, October 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 14, 2025, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Coordinates: 48.168486, -122.15942
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1685&lon=-122.1594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA026
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201899/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA026

## Preliminary report

On October 14, 2025, at about 1030 Pacific daylight time, an EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH 300L, N300EX, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Arlington, Washington. The flight instructor and private pilot receiving instruction were uninjured. The aircraft operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The instructor pilot stated that prior to departure, he verified the canopy was closed and latched on three separate occasions. Several seconds after he initiated the takeoff roll, the canopy opened and then separated from the airplane. During the separation, the canopy struck and substantially damaged the rudder, right horizontal stabilizer, and right elevator trim tab. He rejected the takeoff and exited the runway. The instructor pilot reported the canopy separation was likely the result of a mechanical malfunction of the canopy latching mechanism and that the left-side locking mechanism might not have engaged its retention receptacle. An initial postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration investigator indicated that the canopy pins and hinges appeared to be intact. He observed some chipped paint on the right-side canopy pins and slight scuffing on the inboard side of the aft locking receptacles. The airplane wreckage was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md?model=70218DG), [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N300EX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300EX), registered now, S/N 011, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L
- Registry model: [Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L](https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-l) (registry code 70218DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (registry code 41568, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 011
- Year built: 1995
- Airframe hours: 2003.1
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Scott Gorski Aviation Aerobatics LLC
- Registered owner: Scott Gorski Aviation Aerobatics LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, July 10, 2025, 72 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: AWO, Arlington Muni, runway 34, 5,332 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: KAWO
- METAR: METAR KAWO 141756Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP196 T00890044 10089 21017 51003

## 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 20251014014819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251014014819A), Oct 14, 2025: Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L, Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. N300EX, an Extra 300L aircraft, started its takeoff roll at Arlington airport (kawo) runway 34. About three seconds into the takeoff roll and about 50 yards…

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.

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