# Accident 20180216002649A: Velocity XLRG, Locust Grove, GA, February 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2018, 18:45 local time
- Place: Locust Grove, GA
- Airport: Mallards Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3647° N, 84.1678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3647&lon=-84.1678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551ZL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551ZL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harris Pierce VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 0561526, https://openairdocs.org/model/harris-pierce-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: VELOCITY XLRG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1H5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 8 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180216002649A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:45, A VELOCITY EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, MODEL XLRG, N551ZL, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT MALLARDS LANDING IN LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA. ON THE FIRST APPROACH, THE OWNER DETERMINED HE WAS TOO HIGH, TOO FAST AND ABORTED THE LANDING AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT. ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE OWNER WAS DISTRACTED BY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND TALKING TO HIM ON THE RADIO AND FAILED TO RUN THE ?BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST? WHICH RESULTED IN NOT LOWERING THE GEAR FOR LANDING. WEATHER AT TIME OF LANDING WINDS CALM, VISIBILITY CLEAR.

## 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 GAA18CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA148), Feb 16, 2018: Harris Pierce Velocity XL RG (N551ZL), Locust Grove, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear due to his distraction by talking on the radio, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

## Other reports on N551ZL (1)

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

- [Incident 20240201003279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240201003279I), Feb 1, 2024: Harris Pierce VELOCITY XL RG (N551ZL), Hampton, GA, Substantial damage. On February 01, 2024, an amateur-built aircraft model Velocity Xl Rg [privacy data omitted] departed on runway 24 at the Atlanta Speedway Airport in Hampton,…

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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