# Incident 20130719012659I: Tappen Chris VELOCITY SUV, Roanoke, TX, July 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2013, 16:15 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0147° N, 97.2290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0147&lon=-97.2290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N399DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tappen Chris VELOCITY SUV (registry code 05630G8, https://openairdocs.org/model/tappen-chris-velocity-suv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 (registry code 41835, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAPPEN CHRIS VELOCITY SUV
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1E6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 55 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130719012659I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2013, ABOUT 1615 CENTRAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT (VELOCITY SUV), N399DG DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING.  AFTER LANDING OR AT TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED HEARING A LOUD ?POP? AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FAIRINGS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT OR SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A STEADY TRACK OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SIGN.  THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UPON IMPACT WITH THE SIGN.  THE FLIGHT WAS A LOCAL PART 91 FLIGHT WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED AND INCLUDED TWO PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N399DG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170530004709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170530004709A), May 30, 2017: Tappen Chris VELOCITY SUV (N399DG), Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot departed runway 35 to conduct traffic patterns and take-offs and landings in a newly purchased aircraft. During first landing, pilot noted that the right…

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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