Aircraft model
EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA 300/L
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Extra 300/L is the standard unlimited-category aerobatic aeroplane of the last thirty years: a German tandem two-seater with a carbon fibre wing, a steel tube fuselage, a 300 hp Lycoming and a roll rate of around 400 degrees per second. It is certified to plus and minus ten g and has been flown by more world championship competitors than any other type.
It is bought by serious aerobatic pilots and by display teams, and it is a genuinely demanding aeroplane that rewards skill. It also cruises at 185 knots, so it travels better than most aerobatic types. The costs are real: the aerobatic-rated Lycoming has a shorter effective life than a touring engine, the airframe carries a fatigue life that depends on how hard it has been flown, and logbooks showing competition history need careful reading. Parts come from Germany. It requires both tailwheel and high-performance endorsements and specialist training.
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 |
| Horsepower | 300 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 1994 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 185 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 550 nm |
| Service ceiling | 16,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 3,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 54 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 640 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 358 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,095 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,455 lb |
| Usable fuel | 47 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 16.8 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $190,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $480,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $46,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $66,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 166 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 125 |
| Median year built | 2000.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 10 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 801 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 402 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 30 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 243 |
| Airworthiness directives | 11 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 125 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 125 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 125 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 2.9 of 101 |
| Severity | 0.8 of 102 |
| Access | 2 of 103 |
| Support | 8 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 6.7 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 20.4 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 25 · 181 models in class.
- Severity: class median 5.
- Access: class median 987.
- Support: class median 72.
- Liquidity: class median 20.59.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.