Funk Model B
2 models built 1939–1948 · 74 on the US register today
The Funk Model B, a small side-by-side two-seater from 1939 notable for starting life with a converted Ford automobile engine: production aircraft had a 75 hp Lycoming and the postwar B85C an 85 hp Continental. Docile and easy to land compared with its contemporaries.
The variants
Family fleet, active
74
FAA registry
NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs
27
2 events over 74 active aircraft, pooled across the family
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30