Murray DA5B N1002W

Summary

On 13 October 2004 at about 17:30 local time, a Murray DA5B registered N1002W was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 October 2004 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Odessa-Schlemeyer Field Airpor (ODO)

Coordinates

31.9206, -102.3869

Aircraft

Murray DA5B

Registration

N1002W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Odessa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05CA005

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was the unsuitable terrain for landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While performing a high-speed taxi test on his newly completed airplane, the pilot unintentionally became airborne. Not wanting to drop the airplane back on the ground and getting close to the end of the runway the pilot elected to go full throttle and made a wide left turn to return to the runway. On the first approach the airplane was going too fast, so the pilot elected to go around the airfield a second time to perform a "normal" approach. Once past the runway threshold marker the pilot pulled the engine throttle back to idle and on touchdown the airplane bounced back into the air. The airplane then bounced a second time and departed the runway settling into the grass adjacent to the runway. During the rollout the nose gear dug into the soft terrain, and the airplane nosed-over, coming to rest in an inverted position.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.