REFLECTOR: Houston Area Velocity

[Andy Millin]

My condolences to the family.  I do not know this pilot.  I should have said
this in the first message.

 

Andy

 

From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Andy Millin
Sent: 05-11-2009 1:10
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: REFLECTOR: Houston Area Velocity

 

Information on the Velocity Crash this weekend near Houston.  I'm sorry, I
was worried.  We have a lot of Velocity friends in TX.

 

As found on the 'net this morning:

 

FAA Registration Information  http://tinyurl.com/qqh2fa

 

 

FAA Preliminary Information:

 

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**   Report created 5/11/2009   Record 4
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IDENTIFICATION

  Regis#: 45YV        Make/Model: EXP       Description: VELOCITY

  Date: 05/09/2009     Time: 0000

 

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N

  Damage: Unknown

 

LOCATION

  City: HOUSTON   State: TX   Country: US

 

DESCRIPTION

  AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS 

  FATALLY INJURED, 2 MILES FROM HOUSTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TX

 

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

  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Unknown      Operation: OTHER

 

 

  FAA FSDO: HOUSTON, TX  (SW09)                   Entry date: 05/11/2009 

 

 

Posted on www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum

 


I don't know a lot about the Velocity so I cannot answer your question
directly but I did know the pilot very well... He had been a pilot for 20+
years, was IFR and aerobatic trained. Until recently had owned a Christian
Eagle as well as the Velocity.

The plane was a 4 seater is about all I know about it other than they are
very cool looking. The pilot did not build the airplane but had bought it
several years ago and had put many hours on it to both coasts and I know he
took it to Canada middle of last year.

I do not know what happened but he had just installed a 3-blade composite
adjustable (not constant speed) prop on it yesterday. He had done an initial
flight on the new prop, came in to check everything out, and went back up to
put 5 hours on it so he could carry passengers again. According to a mutual
friend who was at the airport at the time he had been up 4+ hours when they
lost contact with him. He had stayed near the airport in case of problem...

I was told that he went down in some heavy woods in the area and they were
unable to locate the wreckage from the air. They finally found it this
morning with the help of AT&T triangulating his cell phone. 

NTSB will have to tell us more.

It is not a good day here at all...

RIP in my friend

Bill in Cypress, Texas

 	 
		
			

 

 

 

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Andy Millin

amillin at sbcglobal.net

 

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