# Accident 20080301837009A: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG, Titusville, FL, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008, 08:36 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Arthur Dunn Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6200° N, 80.8347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6200&lon=-80.8347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244CU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244CU-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ulrich Christen VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 056104M, https://openairdocs.org/model/ulrich-christen-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYXLRG
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,728 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301837009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 1,2008, A VELOCITY XL (RG) OPERATED BY ULRICH CHRISTEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 15 WITHIN A FORMATION FLIGHT OF RV-8 AIRCRAFT. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE TRAVELED PARALLEL ON AND OFF THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP TRAVELING THROUGH THE GRASS INTO CROSS OVER TAXIWAY AND R33, AND THEN IMPACTING ONE OF THE RV-8'S ON THE TAXIWAY. WITNESSES STATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WITH A HIGH LEFT WING ANGLE DURING IMPACT, AMATEUR VIDEO DEPICTS A SIMILAR VIEW. IT APPEARS TO BE LOSS OF CONTROL. AFTER IMPACT THE AIRCAFT EXPLODED, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 400 FT LANDED UPSIDE DOWN AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 MIA08FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA070), Mar 1, 2008: Ulrich Christen Velocity XL RG (N244CU), Titusville, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot of the Velocity’s failure to see and avoid the flight of four RV-8s that had landed and were in the process of clearing the runway.

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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