2013 – N244FM – Fred Marconi – Velocity XL/RG – Palm Beach, FL – 0

Apparently Fred and a passenger (Manny Lewis) were practicing touch-and-go take-off and landings, and forgot to latch the door. They executed an emergency return to the airport, but forgot to deploy the landing gear, and bellied it in when they realized the mistake. The passenger door is the one departed from the airplane, so I […]

2013 – N101ME – HARRIS PIERCE – Velocity XL/RG – Avon Park, FL – 0

The pilot and the pilot-rated passenger departed for the destination airport with about 50 gallons of fuel on board. About 35 minutes into the flight, they heard a “pop.” They then scanned the instruments and noted that everything looked good. A short time later, they heard additional “pop” sounds. The pilot then began descending the […]

2013 – N33SV- Owens – Velocity SE/RG – Maricopa, AZ – 0

Engine power failure (Subaru). On March 25, 2013, about 1310 mountain standard time, an experimental Owens Velocity 173 airplane, N33SV, experienced a loss of engine power during cruise and made a forced landing on a dirt road near Maricopa, Arizona. The pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part […]

2012 – N224SM – John Leder – Velocity XL/RG – Thomson, GA – 0

Aircraft experienced nosewheel shimmy leading to nose gear failure upon landing. The pilot stated that he landed the airplane on the main landing gear and then lowered the nose landing gear on the runway. The nosewheel started to shimmy, and the pilot applied aft pressure on the control yoke; however, the nose landing gear strut […]

2012 – N27TR – Alex Rhodius – Velocity SE/RG – Villa Canas, Argentina – 0

Apparently Alec’s airplane lost power. I think I saw them looking for a new canard on the Reflector as well. On February 28, 2012, about 2140 universal coordinated time, a Ragonese Velocity, United States registration N27TR, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Villa Canas, Argentina. The foreign […]

2012 – N22UD – Taras Rud – Velocity XL/RG – Key West, FL – 0

Gear Up The pilot of a sleek, silver home-built kit airplane that experienced landing gear failure Sunday was identified by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Taras Rud, 37, from Vero Beach landed the 2010 Velocity aircraft on its belly at the Key West International Airport when its landing gear failed to lower, Monroe County Sheriff’s […]