Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/L N33KL

Summary

On 31 January 2003 at about 12:45 local time, a Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/L registered N33KL was involved in an accident near Golden Gate, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 January 2003 at 12:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Golden Gate, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.0642, -81.5919

Aircraft

Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/L

Registration

N33KL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Naples → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA03FA050

2 people died.

The airplane's entry into a near vertical descent for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a collision with terrain during the resultant descent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The accident airplane, an Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH EA300/L, N33KL, crashed in the Picayune Strand State Forest, Collier County, Florida. The airplane was destroyed, with both pilots receiving fatal injuries. A witness who was in the state forest at the time of the accident said that he was working, and he observed the accident airplane approach from the north, in level flight, and as it passed by the engine sounded as if it was operating normally. He said that as he observed the airplane, he saw a slight but seemingly deliberate roll to both sides, followed by a larger roll to each side, and as the airplane flew on he lost sight of it and then heard a loud bang, followed by complete silence. The airplane impacted the ground in the forest, in about a 90-degree nose down attitude. Examination of the accident site revealed that the impact had created about an 8-foot in diameter by 6-foot deep crater, in which most of the airplane had been deposited. The airplane had impacted nose first and the fuselage had piled on top, with damaged sections of the wings laid out with the leading edges vertical to and resting on the ground. In addition. There was a debris field consisting of smaller pieces of the airplane that had been thrown about 30 feet, on a heading of about 120 degrees. Examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preaccident anomalies with the airframe, the flight controls, or the engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.