# Accident 20161204020709A: VELOCITY XL RG, Petaluma, CA, December 4, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2016, 15:22 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2325° N, 122.6339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2325&lon=-122.6339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84KJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84KJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoskins Lonnie F VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 056202Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoskins-lonnie-f-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VELOCITY XL RG
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL 10-550
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 370 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161204020709A

## Narrative

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

PETALUMA, CA (O69): N84KJ, VELOCITY XL RG EXP, LNDD GEAR UP RWY 29; NO ATC SVCS; UPDATE 12/6/16 1932Z: NTSB/SMITH ADZD DAMAGE CHANGED FROM UNKN TO SUBSTANTIAL. POB: 1, INJURIES: SEVERE, DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL. 12/4 2322Z

## 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 WPR17LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA032), Dec 4, 2016: Hoskins Lonnie F Velocity XL RG (N84KJ), Petaluma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.…

## Other reports on N84KJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20220720012839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220720012839I), Jul 20, 2022: Hoskins Lonnie F VELOCITY XL RG (N84KJ), Branson, MO, Minor damage. After [privacy data omitted] touched down on rwy 32, the nose gear began to wobble side to side and the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft came to rest at the…
- [Incident 20160723011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160723011439I), Jul 23, 2016: Hoskins Lonnie F VELOCITY XL RG (N84KJ), Grant, NE, Minor damage. On July 23, 2016 at approximately 1300 MDT, N84KJ, a velocity xs rg experienced a gear collapse while landing on runway 33 of the Grant Municipal Airport in…

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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