REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.

Sid Knox sbjknox at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 8 09:14:52 CDT 2005


Burt, glad to know you are ok.  Let me respectfully suggest that unless you KNOW FOR SURE what caused the fuel starvation, that you do not settle too quickly on the cause.   I say this from experience from a fuel starvation incident (Starduster) in which the probable cause was quickly established with the help of many local "experts" but it was some weeks later that I determined the real cause, corrected it, and so far (several years later) there have been no reoccurrences.
I am certain most readers are anxious to hear the details.. not from some morbid curiosity but from the desire to wonder "do I have a similar setup that might do that?".   73

Sid Knox
Oklahoma

Velocity    N199RS
Starduster  N666SK
KR2         N24TC
W7QJQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Burt Kellerman" <burtvelo at comcast.net>
To: "Reflector" <Reflector at awpi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:58 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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