2005 – N2992 – Paul Connor – SQ2000 – St. Elmo, AL – 1

Paul Conner was killed in his SQ2000 “Rotor EZ” when, upon departure, there was an apparent engine failure. Witnesses believed that Paul was trying to make it back to the field, there is also speculation that the airplane may have suffered a ‘deep stall’ {see write-up}. Rotor-EZ N2992 Accident Evaluation Preamble: I was asked […]

2005 – N121HS – Harold Swarthout – Velocity SE/RG – Daytona Beach, FL – 0

The pilot reported that during the landing roll on runway 23, he applied brakes to slow but his left foot slipped off the brake while the right foot was still on the brake causing the airplane to veer right. He attempted to straighten out the plane by applying left rudder but was unable and […]

2004 – N5439N – Charles Bracken – Berkut – Lapeer, MI – 0

Charles’ Berkut was gorgeous, and a common attendee at many of our local fly-ins. She was lost after impacting wires in the area of Dupont-Lapeer Airport. I was sorry to see her go down, and Charles get hurt. However, he’s back in the air after buying a David Lind built Longeze. Read Charles’ account. (NTSB […]

2004 – N216MR – Rangan Spirangam – Velocity SE/FG – Boulder City, NV – 0

The airplane veered off the runway after landing and nosed over. After touchdown, the airplane’s nose landing gear began to shimmy with increasing magnitude. The pilot attempted to correct by applying elevator backpressure and raising the nose of the airplane. When the nose landing gear touched down on the runway again, the shimmy was […]

2003 – N57V – Richard Riley – Velocity SE/FG – Fargo, OK – 0

The 1,500-hour commercial pilot was practicing slow flight operation at 400-500 feet above the ground, when he lost control of the aircraft and was unable to recover. The pilot stated to an FAA inspector that he attempted both power on and power off recovery techniques, but could not overcome the nose high attitude. Unsuccessful […]

2003 – N113JG – James Green – Velocity SE/RG – Skiatook, OK – 0

The 20,000-hour airline transport pilot stated that the aircraft was slow to accelerate during the takeoff roll, and that it was hot with no wind. The airplane did not become airborne, and the pilot reduced power to abort the takeoff; however, the airplane exited the departure end of Runway 35 (2,900 feet usable) and […]