2008 – N244CU – Ulrich Christen – Velocity XL/RG – Titusville, FL – 3

More to come on this one, but the current story is that Uli’s Velocity landed and collided with RV-8 (circumstances not entirely clear yet). The 2 persons in the RV were killed, and Uli and his passenger were badly burned (Uli’s passenger has since succumbed to his injuries). Here’s a brief news account below. A home […]

2007 – N173ES – Tom Martino – Velocity SE/RG – Watkins, CO – 0

Here is a sad sight, Tom Martino’s distinctive Velocity SE/RG landed out, apparently after a power board by Wayne Lanza’s Composite Design failed and shut off the electric to his Light Speed Ignition systems (both sides). UPDATE: This plane is back in the air, courtesy of her new owner Ken Mishler, | FAA | NTSB […]

2006 – N337DS – Bill Oertel – AeroCanard – Chandler, AZ – 0

Bill’s loss of power accident was apparently caused by the failure to replace a fuel cap after refueling at Chandler. See the write up below. | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 | Bill Oertel Friends, Because so many of you are asking me questions, because there really are safety […]

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 – 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 […]