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 – 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

2004 – N190J – Odd Jorgensen – Velocity XL/RG – Belvidere, KS – 1

Odd’s Velocity broke up in flight while possibly flying in IMC while not being an instrument rated pilot. This is the only in-flight structural failure that I’m aware of. | FAA | NTSB Final | News | VELOCITY ACCIDENT UPDATE by James Jorgensen Varieze N388DT These are the facts as I see them, about my […]

2002 – N954PB – Scott Bowers – Velocity SE/RG – Valkaria, FL – 1

After departure the flight turned left departing the traffic pattern. As the airplane was flying westbound away from the airport, witnesses saw it lose altitude. The airplane turned to an easterly heading back towards the airport, the witnesses said the airplane was very slow and wallowing, it appeared to be in an unusual attitude, with […]