# Accident 20080821842999A: Amtr DA5B, Odessa, TX, August 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2008, 08:00 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8186° N, 102.4719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8186&lon=-102.4719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1002W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1002W-2012-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murray Frank H DA5B (registry code 05614KQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/murray-frank-h-da5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 52 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080821842999A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DFW08CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA211), Aug 21, 2008: Murray Frank H DA5B (N1002W), Odessa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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.

## Other reports on N1002W (1)

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

- [Accident 20041013024069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041013024069A), Oct 13, 2004: N1002W, Odessa, TX, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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