REFLECTOR: N44VF off airport landing

bulsr at bellsouth.net bulsr at bellsouth.net
Thu Oct 2 10:41:53 CDT 2008


 Looks more like that SQ2000 or the Aerocanard to me .
  -------------- Original message from "Brainard, Jerry" <Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com>: --------------


> Just in case you see this AvWeb Picture of the Week from Rough River, it
> is not the Ferrell Velocity.  The immediate give away is that N44VF did
> not have a folded nose gear.  Cool picture though.
> 
> - jerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Brett Ferrell
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:23 PM
> To: reflector
> Subject: REFLECTOR: N44VF off airport landing
> 
> I know that folks have been anxious to hear about our off-airport
> landing this weekend.  You guys have been really great with all of the
> well-wishs and kind words, and although it's been a very hectic few days
> I did want to get the information out to folks as quickly as we
> reasonably could.
> 
> First up, let me say that I'm sorry for any negative affect that our
> incident has on our Velocity community, we're aware that we don't exist
> in isolation.  Too that end, I'll mention that the FAA did downgrade
> this to an incident, so that's good news, and said that they did not
> believe that any 'action' was warranted or some such, which I took to
> mean we were in pretty good shape.  Second, let me say that Elizabeth
> did a great job of flying us to the road, and I feel that this is
> directly related to the excellent training she received, first from the
> factory, and then with Dave Bertram who did her high power XL and EFIS
> transition training.  I really recommend folks avail themselves of these
> resources, you are worth the investment.
> 
> Next I'll say that we did get, on the whole, decent reporting.  Maybe
> that's because we landed in Mayberry, RFD, but it was refreshing.  You
> can check out the stories below if you'd like.
> http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809280516
> http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=9085833
> http://www.wesh.com/news/17574062/detail.html
> 
> So, here are the top line facts, and if you'd like to read a fully
> accounting you can do so at our website:
> http://n44vf.velocityxl.com/incident.php
> 
> While in cruise flight at about 160 kts and 2,500' MSL below a solid
> overcast layer en route to Rough River, we blew the hard tubed oil line
> to the nose cooler at a 3-way valve.  That valve allows a second cooler
> that recircs cabin air in the winter to be activated.  The cause of that
> failure is not yet known, but the oil pressure immediately went to 0
> psi, and the cabin started to fill with hot oil.  We weren't talking to
> anyone, and weren't able to declare an emergency before landing on
> Highway 3 in Otisco, Indiana, a two lane country road.  We landed
> without major incident, but did strike a a reflector street post while
> avoiding stopped traffic on rollout.  The engine as running at shutdown,
> and we believe the only damage to be where the pole struck the copilot
> wing, mid-section, which we hopeful will be a straightforward repair.  I
> encourage folks to read the longer account to know more, and to see what
> an APRS tracker (as written about in a recent Kitplanes article) can!
>   offer, as well as our impressions and recollections from the
> experience.
> 
> Brett
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