# Accident 20080805845059A: MUNK, Erie, CO, August 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0100° N, 105.0478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0100&lon=-105.0478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41832, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41832-2009-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flynn Van MUNK (registry code 05617J8, https://openairdocs.org/model/flynn-van-munk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUNK
- Reported engine: FCD 6440C2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,360 total, 100 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080805845059A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KEIK AT APPROX. 09:50 LOCAL.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON CROSSWIND LEG TO THE WEST WHEN ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY THE PILOT GIVEN TO THE BOULDER COUNTY SHERIFF THAT AFTER TAKEOFF IT FELT AS IF AN ENGINE MOUNT HAD BROKEN.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW, SLOW, AND NOSE HIGH WITH WINGS STAGGERING AS HE CLEARED A PUBLIC BUILDING AREA.  SHORTLY AFTER CLEARING THE STRUCTURES AND FENCE AND ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD THE LEFT WING DROPPED ABRUPTLY PRIOR TO LANDING, STRIKING THE GROUND.  THIS ACTION INITIATED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A CARTWHEELING MOTION WHERE THE ENGINE, AND TAILCONE SECTION WERE SEVERED FROM THE CENTER FUSELAGE AREA.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM APPROACH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN08LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA131), Aug 5, 2008: Flynn Van Munk (N41832), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. The reason for the loss of aircraft control was not determined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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