Velocity SE RG accident near Titusville, FL
On October 14, 2021, a Velocity SE RG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Titusville, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 14, 2021
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Aircraft
- Velocity SE RG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.514°N, 80.804°W
- NTSB ID
- 20211014104103
Official records · ERA22FA015
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 14, 2021, about 1551 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Velocity SE RG airplane, N755V, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX), Titusville, Florida. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot owned the airplane, which was based at TIX. The airplane flew uneventfully from TIX to Sebastian Municipal Airport (X26), Sebastian, Florida, earlier during the day of the accident. While at X26, the pilot visited the airplane kit manufacturer’s facility to replace a landing-gear-up switch fuse because the landing gear was not retracting. Afterward, the pilot removed the pilot seat and the rear seat from the airplane and left the rear seat at the facility so that maintenance technicians could match color and specifications ahead of an interior aesthetics renovation planned for the next month. The pilot then reinstalled the pilot seat and departed X26 uneventfully about 1528 for the return flight to TIX. According to witness statements, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast data, and airport surveillance video, while the airplane was on short final approach to runway 9 at TIX, the airplane pitched up, climbed about 300 ft, then descended nose down. The airplane impacted a grass area about 400 ft right of the runway centerline and about 2,000 ft from the runway threshold. A postcrash fire ensued that consumed most of the wreckage. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot’s logbook was not recovered. The pres
Probable cause
The separation of the airplane’s elevator control push-pull tube, which resulted in a loss of control during the approach.
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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.
