Advertising Mgmt & Consulting Velocity Super XLRG5 accident near San Diego, CA
On August 2, 2010, an Advertising Mgmt & Consulting Velocity Super XLRG5 (airplane) was involved in an accident near San Diego, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 2, 2010
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Aircraft
- Advertising Mgmt & Consulting Velocity Super XLRG5 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 32.814°N, 117.089°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100802X01751
Official records · WPR10LA381
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 2, 2010, about 1300 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Advertising MGMT & Consulting Velocity Super XLRG5, N444YP, was substantially damaged following an emergency landing while maneuvering near San Diego, California. The private pilot and two passengers sustained serious injuries, and two passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a flight plan was not filed. The planned cross-country flight, which was being operated in accordance with 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, had departed Montgomery Field (MYF), San Diego, California, about 1245. The flight’s destination was reported to be the Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL), Fullerton, California. In a telephone interview with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC), which took place about two and one-half months after the accident due to the pilot's injuries, the pilot reported that after starting the engine and taxiing to the runway for a west departure, he did not remember the right cockpit/cabin door being open. The pilot stated that after takeoff he remembered turning to the south and then the right door being open, at which time he contacted the airport control tower to advise them of the opened door and that he would be coming back around to land. The pilot further stated that he thought he remembered a vibration, as if the door had come off and hit the propeller, which is why he elected to land on the golf course instead of trying to make it back to land at the departure airport. The pil
Probable cause
The pilot did not close and secure the right passenger door, which resulted in an in-flight separation of the door and subsequent loss of engine power due to the door’s collision with the rear-mounted engine assembly.
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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.
