2011 – N67WR – Robert Malloy – Velocity SE/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

Another Velocity (N67WR) is down, I don’t yet know which airplane this is, or why it went down (high winds at 20 kts is vague), but it sounds like he just allowed himself to get blown off course and low maybe while doing touch and goes. It would later also go down in this accident. […]

2011 – N360TV – Kirk Aragon – Velocity SE/FG – Sanford, NC – 1

UPDATE: The NTSB initial report and probable causes are out, the Fayetteville Observer is reporting, and the NTSB is saying that the airplane only had 143 total hours since 1996, that the airplane was out of annual, Kirk’s total flight time was 375 hours, that he was not current, and that the turbo wastegate may […]

2010 – N112TH – James Robertson – Velocity SE/RG – Wooster, OH – 0

Apparently Jim ran out of gas. The pilot reported that, prior to departure, the fuel system sight gages indicated he had over 25 gallons of fuel on board; he did not visually check the fuel level in the tanks. Upon reaching his destination, the pilot made a low approach over the runway, climbed, and flew […]

2010 – N444YP – Gregory Crane – Velocity XL/RG – San Diego, CA – 2

Crashed after departure from San Diego, door departed in flight and crashed on a golf course landing upside down. 1 man and 3 children injured, 1 woman fatally injured. News account. Eyewitness accounts say that he maneuvered to the left to avoid a pole, and that is when the left wing struck the ground causing […]

2009 – N92VA – Gunnoe – Velocity SE/FG – Livermore, CA – 0

Right brake overheated and failed on take-off, catching fire in the grass and destroying the airplane. I believe that Dave Dent may have been the test pilot, I think I saw something on this on the Reflector but I can’t find it now. This airplane was in an earlier accident in 2004 (NTSB). The mechanic/pilot […]

2009 – N45YV – Olef Simonsen – Velocity SE/FG – Katy, TX – 1

Crashed shortly after installing a new prop. This accident is a little troubling to me, because the available pictures look like it came straight down on it’s roof, which is really odd for a Velocity. Maybe there’s something that the pictures don’t show, but it doesn’t seem to have skidded or tumbled. UPDATE: After reading […]