# Accident 20150306003759A: Funk B85C, Leonard, OK, March 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2015, 11:15 local time
- Place: Leonard, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9367° N, 95.8164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9367&lon=-95.8164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81194, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81194-2016-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Funk B85C (registry code 5480208, https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-b85c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUNK B85C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 35 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150306003759A

## Narrative

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

A VFR FLIGHT DEPARTED 1025 CST FROM JONES RIVERSIDE AIRPORT TULSA, OK. (KRVS) FLEW TO HASKELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2K9) FOR LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS. THEY HAD ABORTED THE LANDING DUE TO THE CROSSWIND. THEY WERE RETURNING BACK TO KRVS @ 1700 FEET MSL WHEN THE PILOT STATED-  "BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE TOWER, HE FELT THE STICK ?POP? AND THE AIRPLANE NOSE LURCHED DOWNWARD. HE PULLED THE THROTTLE AND SHUT THE MAGS OFF. HIS PASSENGER THEN TURNED THE TRIM BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HE THEN SLIPPED THE AIRPLANE TO MAKE THE NOSE COME BACK TO THE HORIZON, AND ABOUT 150 FEET PRIOR TO THE IMPACT HE STRAIGHTENED THE AIRPLANE BACK AND THEY HIT. THE GEAR FLEW OFF, THE PROP STRUCK, THE COWLING HIT, AND IT FLIPPED AND LANDED INVERTED." HE FURTHER STATED THAT AT "ABOUT 1115 CST THEY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN CONTACTING AUTHORITIES."

## 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 CEN15CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA166), Mar 6, 2015: Funk B85C (N81194), Leonard, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the UP elevator cable turnbuckle which became disconnected during the flight.

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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