2006 – N31756 – Charles Thomas – Velocity XL/FG – Conway, SC – 0

Forced landing on a dirt road. According to the pilot the engine had a “slight miss”. The pilot reported that he was at 1,500 feet mean sea level and initiated S-turn maneuvers in an attempt to lose altitude and perform a landing on runway 04. The pilot stated that he was still too high and […]

2006 – N992PC – Unknown – Velocity XL/RG – Modesto, CA – 0

Gear up landing. On July 11, 2006, about 1133 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Velocity 173/RG-XL, N992PC, had a landing gear collapse during a hard landing at Modesto City Airport, Modesto, California. The pilot/owner/builder was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; […]

2006 – ZU-BNH – Rego Burger – Cozy MK-IV – South Africa – 0

Rego shared an accident report that you can read here, but basically he flew into a grass airstrip from which he was not able to depart. You can also read some tips for flying a canard aircraft out of a grass airfield here. He went on to die in this accident.

2006 – N83MZ – Marc Zeitlin – Cozy MK-IV – Desert Center, CA – 0

Marc shared an accident report regarding his loss-of-prop incident over California. He lost his 3-blade Catto prop, spinner, crush plate and all, and experienced copilot wing and lower winglet damage. (pictures removed at Marc’s insistence). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 |

2006 – N289AE – Antontio Espinal – Velocity XL/RG – Millbrook, NY – 0

Apparently the jet was brought to idle on final, and once the pilot realized he was below the glideslope, could not get the engine to spool quickly enough to make the runway Antonio mentioned that he traded off precious air speed in order to climb and clear trees on the approach. Once clear of […]

2006 – N732RA – Raytheon – Velocity XL/RG – Pearce, AZ – 1

Unexplained crash. The airplane departed controlled cruise flight, completed two descending 360-degree turns, and collided with desert terrain. The purpose of the accident flight was for the pilot to execute a 3-hour flight test mission following a predetermined test plan that he had created. The plan prescribed that he would perform a series of maneuvers […]