Murray Frank H DA5B N1002W

Summary

On 21 August 2008 at about 13:00 local time, a Murray Frank H DA5B registered N1002W was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 August 2008 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.8186, -102.4719

Aircraft

Murray Frank H DA5B

Registration

N1002W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Odessa → Monahans

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA211

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the intake manifold when the flexible connectors disconnected from the carburetor after a turbulence encounter. Contributing to the accident was insuitable terrain for a forced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed on a 42-nautical-mile cross-country flight in his homebuilt single-place experimental aircraft and was in cruise flight when he encountered turbulence and the engine quit. The pilot reported that he encountered rough air at his cruise altitude of 4000 feet and decided to descend to 3800 feet for smoother air. As he began the descent the engine began to run rough and then quit. During the forced landing the airplane struck a fence and trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, landing gear, and empannage. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector, during an on scene investigation, found that the carburetor had separated from the intake manifold at the flexible rubber couplings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.