2000 – N34BD – Bill Jackson – Velocity SE/RG – Kennesaw, GA – 0

While performing a low high-speed pass at 200 ft. agl over runway 27, the airplane experienced an extreme vibration and veered to the right. The pilot climbed to 1,000 ft. agl, reduced the power to idle, and the engine then quit. He initiated a forced landing in a field north of the airport. During the […]

1999 – N242JP – Damien Olivieri – Velocity SE/RG – Richmond, VA – 0

The pilot reported that 2 to 3 minutes after takeoff, the cockpit filled with thick smoke that smelled of burning oil, and the engine oil temperature registered above the upper limit. The pilot turned the airplane back for the departure airport and configured the airplane for landing. No corresponding increase in thrust was realized from […]

1999 – N19DW – Don White – Velocity SL/RG – Ft. Pierce, FL – 0

While maneuvering in cruise flight, the pilot/builder of the experimental airplane noticed a fluctuating fuel pressure gage and then the engine quit. The pilot executed a forced landing onto an interstate highway. Post crash examination revealed an empty right wing fuel tank and no other abnormality of the fuel system and engine. Post crash start […]

1998 – N466MF – Simon Aegerter – Velocity SE/RG – San Diego, CA – 0

The pilot stated he had experienced insufficient pitch control on landing at Tucson, Arizona, prior to the accident. He reported that he ‘found play in the elevator control,’ and was advised over the telephone by Velocity Inc. to add washers or spacers to the rear of the torque tube to remove the play. With the […]

1998 – N96HV – Hugh Hyde – Velocity SE/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

When the pilot of the new, kit-built airplane realized he had lost throttle control, he decided to land at the home field of the manufacturer. He shut down the engine in the landing pattern, but miscalculated the power off descent rate, and landed short of his intended landing runway. Subsequent examination of the engine by […]

1997 – N907ME – Mark Ewart – Florence, SC – Velocity SE/RG – 4

Following departure from an en route fuel and rest stop, the pilot reported a propeller problem and returned to the departure airport. The propeller was disassembled to repair what the pilot reported was a failure of the electrical pitch change for the propeller blades. According to witnesses, who saw and talked with the pilot as […]