REFLECTOR: Fatal Accident
nmflyer1 at aol.com
nmflyer1 at aol.com
Tue Apr 18 10:33:28 CDT 2006
More pieces to the puzzle:..
According to what I have dug up, the eye witness to the crash was a pilot. He saw the Velocity fly over and said the engine was running rough. He then saw the aircraft make 2 tight descending spirals then hit the ground Very hard.
Asked if it looked like 360 degree turns as if trying to find a landing spot, the witness apparently said no.
damage to aircraft, destroyed.
The Velocity also told the center that he would stay on Center frequency while working in the MOA.
Probably raises more questions than it answers, but I thought I'd share what I found.
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Wesley Ream <robinream at earthlink.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:36:27 -0500
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fatal Accident
Well, according to what you have as data he would have had to be going about 270 mph straight down to disappear from the screen that fast. ---- Unless there were a lot of very little pieces for whatever reason that didn't show up as a blip...
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: nmflyer1 at aol.com
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fatal Accident
Another update:
Apparently the new owner of 732RA was a retired airforce squadron commander or some such. He called the A-10 squadron and asked if he could use the MOA 9000' and below and the A-10's could use it 10,000' and above. All agreed. The Velocity was at 9,500' and just dissapeared off radar in a couple hits after the transponder was lost.
Our center radar updates every 12 seconds.... so whatever it was didnt take long.
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: steve korney <s_korney at hotmail.com>
To: Reflector at tvbf.org
Sent: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:34:48 +0000
Subject: REFLECTOR: Fatal Accident
Anyone know anything about this...
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 732RA Make/Model: EXP Description: VELOCITY EXP
Date: 04/12/2006 Time: 2200
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: TOMBSTONE State: AZ Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY INJURED, IN THE STRONGLHOLD MOUNTAINS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TOMBSTONE, AZ
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
&nb! sp;Departed: TUCSON, AZ Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: TUCSON, AZ Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ (WP07) Entry date: 04/13/2006
N-number : N732RA
Aircraft Serial Number : 3RX085
Aircraft Manufacturer : VELOCITY AIRCRAFT
Model : XL-RG
Engine Manufacturer : LYCOMING
Model : IO-540 SER
Aircraft Year : 2000
Owner Name : AFFENIT RICHARD V
Owner Address : 88 HILLCREST DR
WEAVERVILLE, NC, 28787-8921
Type of Owner : Individual
Registration Date : 31-Jul-2000
Airworthiness Certificate Type : Experimental
Approved Operations : Amateur Built
Best... Steve
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