Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L accident near Tucumcari, NM
On October 4, 2006, an Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tucumcari, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 4, 2006
- Place
- Tucumcari, NM
- Aircraft
- Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.183°N, 103.600°W
- NTSB ID
- 20061012X01502
NTSB summary
THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED 11/14/2007 HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 4, 2006, at 1325 mountain daylight time, an Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH EA 300/L, N300BB, owned operated by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain at Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC), Tucumcari, New Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The aerobatic performance flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The local flight departed approximately 1320. According to several witnesses, the pilot had just initiated his aerobatic performance at the 14th Annual Tucumcari Air Show. The pilot was just exiting a loop, in a westerly direction, close to the ground. According to multiple witnesses, as the airplane descended and completed the loop, the wings began to shake back and forth. One witness reported that it appeared as if the airplane was rocking. The airplane impacted the ground and came to rest to the south of runway 08/26, between the runway and the taxiway. According to a cameraman recording the performance, the pilot was performing a downwind square loop prior to the accident. The cameraman stated the pilot did not "start his pull until he was too low to recover." He stated, "When the plane passed overhead, the noise the air was making as it passed over sounded very interrupted or turbulent." The cameraman noted, "There was a definitive break in the wing flight, a dip or stall, as it passed by." PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 6
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during aerobatic flight, resulting in an inadvertent accelerated stall. Contributing factors include the low altitude for recovery from the loop and the high density altitude.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
