1996 – N28KJ – Moses Ezekiel – Velocity SE/FG – Pembroke Pines, FL – 0

Just after takeoff from runway 9L, the aircraft’s engine lost power, and the pilot declared an emergency. Witnesses reported hearing a ‘loud pop’ before the power loss. A witness wrote that shortly after the power loss, ‘within 2 seconds the aircraft appeared to go into the initial stage of a stall, the wings dipped slightly […]

1992 – N157JM – Jack Mason – Velocity SE/FG – Crystal River, FL – 0

During cruise flt, aprx 17 inches of one prop blade separated. During the emergency descent for a forced landing, the acft collided with trees then the water. Exam of the prop revealed that the fwd hub which contacts the fwd mounting flange was burned. A prop spinner was not installed. It had been removed before […]

1992 – N141NH – Neil Hunter – Velocity SE/FG – Apopka, FL – 1

Neil was previously the pilot in this accident. Neil’s Velocity was the first kit-built Velocity, and was featured in the July 1987 issue of Sport Aviation. They also later covered his crash in the December 1992 edition (page 5). The homebuilt velocity & a boeing 727 were both operating in the tca in vmc with […]

1990 – N125V – Brian Swing – Velocity – SE/RG – Wimauma, FL – 0

The plt stated that during cruise flt, he felt a severe vibration from the rear of the acft (the acft was a pusher type). He secured the eng. After touchdown in a field during the forced landing, the acft rolled inverted & came to rest. Exam of the acft revealed that a portion of one […]

1989 – N81VA – Carl Pascarell – Velocity – SE/FG – Ponte Vedra, FL – 0

“MultiColor” (previous Big Orange and the Pink Panther) went down while doing deep stall testing. Featured in Sport Aviation in September 1988, September 1991 , and July 1993. The experimental amateur-built acft was on a test flt at 10,000 ft to perform some maneuvers with the cg at the most rearward limits. The acft was […]

1989 – N330RH – Richard Harmon – Velocity SE/FG – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – 0

While intentionally performing stalls, the plt was unable to recover the acft from a nose high attitude before colliding with terrain. After the accident, weight & balance calculations could not be performed to determine the c.g. as the plt would not provide the pertinent information. Velocity manufacturer personnel stated the c.g. was aft of the […]