Van Horn VELOCITY accident near Goodyear, AZ
On June 15, 1996, a Van Horn VELOCITY (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goodyear, AZ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 15, 1996
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Aircraft
- Van Horn VELOCITY · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.371°N, 112.380°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06034
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 15, 1996, at 0823 hours mountain standard time, a Van Horn Velocity, N444BG, owned and operated by the pilot, experienced an in-flight fire. The pilot of the experimental homebuilt airplane declared an emergency and made a forced landing on rough terrain about 2 miles southwest of Goodyear, Arizona. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), during the landing the airplane collided with a pole, nosed over, and was destroyed by fire. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Goodyear at 0700. The National Transportation Safety Board reviewed recorded radio transmissions at the local control position in the Goodyear air traffic control tower for June 15, 1996, between 0815 and 0828 mountain standard time. The following summarizes pertinent transmissions. All listed times are accurate to within plus or minus 15 seconds. At 0820:40, the accident pilot reported that he was ". . . approximately ten miles west at four thousand feet with an engine problem." The pilot then declared an emergency and requested a landing clearance. The Goodyear controller immediately responded and cleared the pilot to land. In the pilot's next transmission, at 0821:30, he informed the controller that he had about 4 hours of fuel onboard. He also stated "but it doesn't seem to be working to well right now." The pilot estimated that he would arrive at the Goodyear Airport in about 5 minutes. At 0821:50, the pilot made his next transmission
Probable cause
an engine compartment fire, which originated in flight from loose fuel and/or oil lines near the engine's firewall.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
