REFLECTOR: Houston Area Velocity

Douglas Holub douglas.holub at gmail.com
Tue May 12 13:55:14 CDT 2009


The FAA's website shows that the airworthiness certificate was issued in July of 1991. I think the certificate issued in 2006 was the registration for the new owner.

Doug Holub
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Harbert 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:57 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Houston Area Velocity


  Does anyone know the pilot?. It was a 1991 version with a IO360 Lycoming that wasn't issued a certificate until 2006. The manufacturer builder appears to be someone other than the owner. Is there anything to be learned from this tragic event?

        Serial Number    SV4101              Type Registration    Individual 
        Manufacturer Name  SMYSOR KEVIN   Certificate Issue Date  02/06/2006  
        Model  VELOCITY   Status  Valid  
        Type Aircraft  Fixed Wing Single-Engine  Type Engine  Reciprocating  
        Pending Number Change  None   Dealer  No  
        Date Change Authorized  None   Mode S Code  51270775  
        MFR Year  1991   Fractional Owner  NO  


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    Registered Owner

     Name     SIMONSEN OLEF L  
        Street  7819 BULRUSH CANYON TRL  
        City  KATY  State TEXAS    Zip Code     77494-2059  
        County  FORT BEND  
        Country  UNITED STATES  




   
  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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