# NTSB FTW66A0090: Funk B85C, N81149, Sweetwater, TX, April 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 11, 1966
- Place: Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Location: 32.4694° N, 100.4087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4694&lon=-100.4087&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 15, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172980
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0090
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0090

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0207  66/4/11    SWEETWATER TEX      FUNK B85C           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 61 TOTAL
        TIME - 0530                    N81149              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AVENGER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
           POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- SAND AND FLAKY FOREIGN MATERIAL ON STROMBERG NA-S3A1 CARBURETOR MIXTURE CONTROL VALVE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81149](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81149-1966-06-17), registration cancelled 1966-06-17, S/N 279 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUNK B85C
- Registry model: [Funk B85C](https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-b85c) (registry code 5480208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Avenger

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.

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