REFLECTOR: Velocity down in North Carolina

[Douglas Holub]

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10180027/

Here's a local news report and some eye witnesses. How very sad. I only knew Kirk from this forum. I Googled him and saw that he was a captain in the Air Force for 4 years. It looks like maybe that paid for his college at Alabama in the 80's. I guess he would have been in his mid 40s. The report says he had a wife...
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Balic 
  To: 'Brett Ferrell' ; 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' 
  Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:55 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity down in North Carolina


  They changed the story to say that Kirk has passed away from his injuries..

  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Brett Ferrell
  Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:11 PM
  To: reflector
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Velocity down in North Carolina

   

  Just saw this, hopefully Kirk is OK?

   

  http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/sep/25/8/plane-crashes-near-sanford-1-hurt-ar-1429990/

   

   


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  LEE COUNTY, N.C. -- 

  Police say one man was hurt when a small plane crashed near the Raleigh Executive Jetport outside Sanford Sunday afternoon.

  The victim has not been identified yet, but the Federal Aviation Administration late Sunday afternoon said the plane was registered to Kirk Aragon of Apex.

  Police say the crash was reported about 12:45 p.m. when a neighbor called 911 to say she heard a plane flying low overheard, heard a crash and saw smoke.

  The plane crashed into woods at the end of Breezewood Road about a half mile from the jetport.

  Witness Leola Carter said, "I heard the plane coming over and then I heard a loud pop."

  Carter said she grabbed her cell phone and hurried to the site of the crash where she found the pilot was already out of the plane. "I told him I'm on my way just hang in there," she said.  "He was thanking me and saying he wanted to live. I'm hoping he will be all right," she continued, "and I think he will because his voice was strong."

  The manager of the jetport, Dan Swanson, told NBC-17 News that the plane was a home-built experimental aircraft called a Velocity. The plane was based at the jetport.

  "There were no real signs of distress, there were no May day calls that we heard," Swanson said.

  Swanson said the plane was built from a kit.

  Chief Larry Kelly of the Deep River Fire Department said the pilot had second and third degree burns.   

  The pilot was flown by helicopter to the North Carolina Jacyee Burn Center in Chapel Hill.



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