# Accident 20180115006569A: Bryk Steven L VELOCITY XL-RG, Santa Fe, NM, January 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2018, 19:35 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5431° N, 105.9831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5431&lon=-105.9831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N787SB-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bryk Steven L VELOCITY XL-RG (registry code 05615F3, https://openairdocs.org/model/bryk-steven-l-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D (registry code 41598, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRYK STEVEN L VELOCITY XL-RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1G5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180115006569A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 15, 2018, AT 1935 MST A VELOCITY XL-RG N787SB REGISTERED TO CLOUD CATCHER PROPERTIES INC. COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SOUTHEAST OF THE SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LIBERAL, KANSAS ON JANUARY 16, 2018 AT 1744CST.

## 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 CEN18LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA077), Jan 16, 2018: Bryk Steven L Velocity XL RG (N787SB), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s inadvertent encounter with unforecasted icing conditions during cruise flight, which resulted in the accumulation of airframe icing, the airplane’s inability to maintain altitude, and…

## Other reports on N787SB (1)

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

- [Incident 20040523020009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040523020009I), May 23, 2004: Amtr VELOCITYXLRG (N787SB), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Inspector statement: received a call from inspector ernie scardeccio at approximately 1200 local. The comm center had called him thinking he had the duty…

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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