ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285671
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| Date: | Thursday 21 August 2008 |
| Time: | 07:00 LT |
| Type: | Murray Frank H DA5B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1002W |
| MSN: | 06 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 53 hours |
| Engine model: | Volkswagen CONVERSION |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Odessa, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Odessa Schlemeyer Field, TX (KODO) |
| Monahans, TX (E01) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed on a 42-nautical-mile cross-country flight in his homebuilt single-place experimental aircraft and was in cruise flight when he encountered turbulence and the engine quit. The pilot reported that he encountered rough air at his cruise altitude of 4000 feet and decided to descend to 3800 feet for smoother air. As he began the descent the engine began to run rough and then quit. During the forced landing the airplane struck a fence and trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, landing gear, and empannage. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector, during an on scene investigation, found that the carburetor had separated from the intake manifold at the flexible rubber couplings.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW08CA211
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2022 13:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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