2013 – N244FM – Fred Marconi – Velocity XL/RG – Palm Beach, FL – 0

Apparently Fred and a passenger (Manny Lewis) were practicing touch-and-go take-off and landings, and forgot to latch the door. They executed an emergency return to the airport, but forgot to deploy the landing gear, and bellied it in when they realized the mistake. The passenger door is the one departed from the airplane, so I […]

2013 – N101ME – HARRIS PIERCE – Velocity XL/RG – Avon Park, FL – 0

The pilot and the pilot-rated passenger departed for the destination airport with about 50 gallons of fuel on board. About 35 minutes into the flight, they heard a “pop.” They then scanned the instruments and noted that everything looked good. A short time later, they heard additional “pop” sounds. The pilot then began descending the […]

2012 – N22UD – Taras Rud – Velocity XL/RG – Key West, FL – 0

Gear Up The pilot of a sleek, silver home-built kit airplane that experienced landing gear failure Sunday was identified by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Taras Rud, 37, from Vero Beach landed the 2010 Velocity aircraft on its belly at the Key West International Airport when its landing gear failed to lower, Monroe County Sheriff’s […]

2011 – N67WR – Robert Malloy – Velocity SE/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

Another Velocity (N67WR) is down, I don’t yet know which airplane this is, or why it went down (high winds at 20 kts is vague), but it sounds like he just allowed himself to get blown off course and low maybe while doing touch and goes. It would later also go down in this accident. […]

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 […]