2018 – N787SB – John Berman- Velocity XL/RG – Sante Fe, NM – 0

Very little now as of yet. “N787SB was in an accident near Santa Fe last evening. the pilot was transported to the hospital and was conscious.” The update appears to be that John was flying alone and got into an area of low visibility (likely clouds) at night and started icing up. The controllers were […]

2016 – N735D – Steve Cabiroy – Velocity XL/RG – WEST POINT, VA – 0

Apparently Steve was practicing max weight departure anate, and then could not stop on the aborted takeoff, running off the departure end of the runway. (he would later have a more serious accident in Florida). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News |

2016 – PH-FUT – Unknown – Velocity SE/RG – La Playa de Las Teresitas, Tenerife – 0

Forced landing on the beach at Tenerife. All three passengers on board – a man, woman and 14-year-old teenager – walked away from the crash with injuries. They are believed to be of French/ Belgian nationality, while one report has identified the pilot as British. Arriving at the scene, emergency services had to cut through […]

2016 – N916TC – Mohamed Nasr – Velocity XL/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

Apparently Mohamed and his son were on-board and departing for Airventure in Oshkosh when the engine lost power and they went through trees on the departure end of the runway at Sebastian/the Factory. Luckily both were Ok. A small plane crashed Saturday morning on the Sebastian Municipal Airport property The plane crashed on the airport […]

2015 – N224SM – Terry Mueller – Velocity XL/RG – Moultrie,GA – 0

Terry reports that, on a recent flight, his gear retracted after riding over a bump in the pavement. This aircraft had a previous accident also. This past weekend I did some flying as usual to Tifton GA for work. Saturday took a short flight to Spence field in Moultrie GA to take in a car […]

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 […]