REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.

[Scott Derrick]

Burt,

Glad to hear you walked away. 

Was your plane still in phase One?  How many hours?

Scott

Burt Kellerman wrote:

> 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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