# Accident 20000413004409A: Mccan Daniel H VELOX REVOLUTION II, Mulberry, FL, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mulberry, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9054° N, 81.9883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mulberry, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9054&lon=-81.9883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103MV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103MV-2000-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccan Daniel H VELOX REVOLUTION II (registry code 05608O2, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccan-daniel-h-velox-revolution-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413004409A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING AEROBATICS IN PREPARATION FOR AIRSHOW. PILOT LOST ELEVATOR CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT PITCHED TO THE INVERTED POSITION, THAT IS WHEN THE PILOT BAILED OUT.  DURING THE POST CRASH INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THE ELEVATOR CONTROL'S CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA131), Apr 13, 2000: McCan Velox REV II (N103MV), Mulberry, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The bending overstress separation of the elevator pitch control rod for undetermined reasons. This resulted in an in-flight loss of control, bail out, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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