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 […]

2015 – N112TH – Andrew Liptak – Velocity SE/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

I’m not yet sure about the tail number, but based on the color scheme, and the fact this airplane was for sale, it seems right. I’ll update this when the NTSB report drops. It looks like from the reporting that the copilot door opened on takeoff, and he tried to return to the airport. I’m […]

2014 – N301EF – Funk – Velocity XL/RG – Atlanta, GA – 0

Nose gear failure on shimy. On October 1, 2014, about 2105 eastern daylight time, a Funk Velocity XLRG experimental amateur-built airplane, N301EF, sustained minor damage during a hard landing to Cobb County – McCollum Field (RYY), Atlanta, Georgia. The private pilot was not injured. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed […]

2014 – N585V – Dick Harpster – Velocity XL/FG – Carthage, NC – 0

Apparently another main gear failure in an XL/FG. It seems the C reinforcements are not adequate, and the ‘sock’ type are required. A local pilot escaped injury early Saturday when his Velocity XLFG, a kit-built fixed wing single engine aircraft, crash landed at Gilliam-McConnell Air Field in Carthage. The plane’s owner and pilot Richard Harpster […]

2014 – N360VT – Rick Hayes-Roth – Velocity Twin/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

Apparently one of the Twin’s engines was not making good RPM, and after floating he was not able to successfully go around. The airplane was substantially damaged, but Rick was not injured. | Wiki | NTSB Factual | NTSB Final | News |

2014 – N114MV- Andy Millin – Velocity XL/FG – Allegan, MI – 0

A very minor incident in the scheme of things, but worth tracking now that there has been another main gear failure in a XL/FG. On landing Andy got a bad vibration that he thought was a nose wheel shimmy, so he applied very hard braking. As it turns out, the torsional wrap on the main […]