2009 – N4PE – Brian Michalk – Velocity SE/FG – Cedar Park, TX – 0

Crashed on first flight. Brian’s account is below Today was my first day to fly. Unfortunately it resulted in an off airfield landing. It’s been a long day, and I wanted to get this out there before the FAA notice was posted. I have several theories at this point as to what happened, and I’ll […]

2008 – N637PS – Leonard Johnson – Cozy IV – Osceola, MO – 0

Forced landing after engine overheating. The private pilot was flying his homebuilt airplane on a cross-country flight at 5,500 feet mean sea level when he encountered some turbulence. The engine began to overheat and lose power and the pilot diverted to a nearby airport. The pilot could not make the runway and landed on a […]

2008 – N44VF – Brett Ferrell – Velocity XL/FG – Otisco, IN – 0

My own little bit of infamy… In flight from Cincinnati (I68 to the CSA Canard Flyin at Rough River (2I3), N44VF experienced a catastrophic oil line failure necessitating a forced landing on Highway 3 in Otisco, Indiana. The landing was uneventful aside from a wing strike from a reflector post on the copilot wing moving […]

2008 – N415MK – Mike Killgore – Velocity SE/RG – Las Vegas, NV – 3

Mack Murfree was test flying this plane for Mike, when he apparently suffered a loss of power and crashed into a house off the end of the North Las Vegas airport. Here’s a brief news account. (NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada) — An experimental plane taking off from North Las Vegas Airport crashed into a home, […]

2008 – N246RR – Rocket Racer – Velocity SE/FG – Chipley, FL – 0

Apparently they ran out of gas. The pilot stated that he began a landing descent for a planned fuel stop. He reported that the left tank was low, while the right tank had more than one-half tank of fuel. At 7,000 feet msl in the descent, the engine lost power and quit. He was unable […]

2008 – N269VE – Gary Forhan – Velocity SE/RG – St. Augustine, FL – 2

N269VE was up for sale, and this flight was apparently to show it to a prospective customer. It went down in a swamp. Below is a brief news account. 2 Dead In Plane Crash At St. Augustine Airport POSTED: Thursday, July 31, 2008 St. Augustine plane crash ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The owner of an […]