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 – N500K – James Marshall – Cozy IV – Midlothian, TX – 1

Controlled flight into a rock quarry. The experimental airplane flew through a 100 foot deep rock quarry at high speed at an estimated altitude of 20 to 30 feet above ground level. One witness said he waved at the airplane as it flew directly toward him then banked away from his bulldozer and pitched up […]

2008 – N14GG – Gerald P. Garrett – Cozy IV – Jekyll Island, GA – 1

Jet Cozy, controlled crash into ocean, unexplained. A witness saw the amateur-built airplane flying parallel to a beach and thought that the engine sounded unusual. He did not observe anything else abnormal about the flight. Examination of the airplane revealed that it had impacted the water in a landing attitude, with the wings level. The […]

2008 – N127DH – William Moore – Velocity SE/FG – Williston, FL – 0

Airplane was destroyed damaged in a hard landing in gusty conditions. The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (DMS). Please contact Records Management Division Accident occurred Saturday, April 12, 2008 in Ocala, FL Probable Cause Approval Date: 05/28/2008 Aircraft: Wim J Huisman Velocity 173 Fixed, registration: N127DH Injuries: 2 Uninjured. NTSB investigators used […]