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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr DA5B · Odessa, TX · August 21, 2008

Date: August 21, 2008 · 08:00 local
Place: Odessa, TX
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1002W
NTSB investigation: NTSBDFW08CA211
Reported as: Amtr DA5B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 165 total52 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N1002WRegistration cancelled Jan 27, 2012 · Murray Frank H DA5BS/N 06 · Built 2004 Airframe modelMurray Frank H DA5B Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSIONReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At 0800 local time, privacy data omitted in N1002W, a DA5B experimental aircraft, he completed building in 2004, was cruising to monahans,Texas. He had completed climb-out from Odessa, Texas (odo) and encountered turbulence. The vibration caused the carburetor to slip off its rubber mounting sleeves and the engine quit. When the engine quit he made an emergency landing at 9350 w. dunn street in Odessa. He struck a fence and some medium size mesquite trees, damaging the wings, landing gear and tailboom of his homebuilt aircraft. The police responded to a call from a neighbor and they took pictures of the broken aircraft before the owner transported it to his house, about 2 miles sw of the accident at 12846 w. whirlaway drive in Odessa. The intake manifold failed when the flexible connectors and clamps did not stand-up to vibration and turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 0800 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN N1002W, A DA5B EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, HE COMPLETED BUILDING IN 2004, WAS CRUISING TO MONAHANS,TEXAS. HE HAD COMPLETED CLIMB-OUT FROM ODESSA, TEXAS (ODO) AND ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE CARBURETOR TO SLIP OFF ITS RUBBER MOUNTING SLEEVES AND THE ENGINE QUIT. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT 9350 W. DUNN STREET IN ODESSA. HE STRUCK A FENCE AND SOME MEDIUM SIZE MESQUITE TREES, DAMAGING THE WINGS, LANDING GEAR AND TAILBOOM OF HIS HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT. THE POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR AND THEY TOOK PICTURES OF THE BROKEN AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE OWNER TRANSPORTED IT TO HIS HOUSE, ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF THE ACCIDENT AT 12846 W. WHIRLAWAY DRIVE IN ODESSA. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED WHEN THE FLEXIBLE CONNECTORS AND CLAMPS DID NOT STAND-UP TO VIBRATION AND TURBULENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DFW08CA211Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportOdessa, TXFailure 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.Aug 21, 2008 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N1002W · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20041013024069ALevel Off Touchdown · Odessa, TX(-23) On October 13, 2004, Mr. Frank henry murray, private pilot #450408837, was performing high speed taxi tests on his DA-5 experimental aircraft on runway 20 at the Odessa Schlemeyer airport, in Odessa, Texas. The aircraft became airborne during one of the…Oct 13, 2004 · Substantial damage