REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.

[Ron Brown]

Bert,

Sorry to hear about your accident.  We're glad you are OK!

By the way, my builders database shows that you have a Continental IO360.  Is this correct?  I have wondered why more folks weren't using this engine.

Ronnie


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Burt Kellerman 
  To: Reflector 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:58 AM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.


  I just thought I give you all a heads-up, on my fuel starvation accident yesterday.

  About 9:30 AM at the Venice Fl airport, I lost fuel pressure and the engine quit

  after take-off. At about 400 ft it just sputtered and stopped. I made a 180, and 

  was lucky to land gear-up on the grass runway over-run.  No injuries except my ego.

  Unfortunately the bird skidded tail first into a chain-link fence.  The wings are 

  in bad shape but the rest of the plane looks O.K. ???   I know we should not 

  make a turn that close to the ground, but the other options were water.

  Just another kudu for the incredible gliding ability of Velocity aircraft !!

   

  Burt Kellerman     N27BK  173RG



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