2015 – N18KT -Allen Floyd – Velocity SE/RG – Jackpot, NV – 0

Allen had a forced (road) landing due to blade failure. One blade gone could fail the 2nd, I’ll agree – you can focus in on the only photo I took, it is attached – I’ll let Burrall, Allen and Craig discuss propeller failure modes…we haven’t seen Catto’s flying apart – one interesting thing was that […]

2010 – N68TF – Stephen James – Cozy IV – Las Vegas, NV – 0

Deep stall accident due, apparently, to improper canard incidence. On April 16, 2010, at 0830 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Bibbee Cozy Mark (MK) IV, N68TF, collided with terrain near North Las Vegas, Nevada. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The commercial pilot […]

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, […]

2004 – N216MR – Rangan Spirangam – Velocity SE/FG – Boulder City, NV – 0

The airplane veered off the runway after landing and nosed over. After touchdown, the airplane’s nose landing gear began to shimmy with increasing magnitude. The pilot attempted to correct by applying elevator backpressure and raising the nose of the airplane. When the nose landing gear touched down on the runway again, the shimmy was […]