# Accident 20190305021549A: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG, Statesboro, GA, March 5, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 5, 2019, 15:00 local time - Place: Statesboro, GA - Airport: Statesboro-Bulloch County - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.4753° N, 81.7306° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4753&lon=-81.7306&mi=10 - Aircraft: N101WV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101WV-2019-08-16) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG (registry code 056233C, https://openairdocs.org/model/ostertag-walter-g-velocity-rg) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: OSTERTAG WALTER G VELOCITY RG - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,230 total, 98 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA119) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305021549A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MARCH 5, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A VELOCITY RG, N101WV, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE STATESBORO-BULLOCK COUNTY AIRPORT (KTBR). TWO PERSONS ON BOARD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAVANNAH-HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAV), AND WAS DESTINED FOR STATESBORO-BULLOCK COUNTY AIRPORT (KTBR). THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FOR PILOTS TRANSITIONING FROM A STANDARD AIRCRAFT TO A CANARD STYLE EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE WAS PROVIDING VELOCITY TRANSITION TRAINING TO A FELLOW FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS NEW TO THE VELOCITY CANARD STYLE AIRCRAFT. THE TWO PILOTS HAD DEPARTED KSAV ENROUTE TO KTBR TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THE FLIGHT FROM KSAV TO KTBR WAS UNEVENTFUL AS THEY PRACTICED SEVERAL MANEUVERS ON THEIR FLIGHT PATH. A DECISION WAS MADE TO ATTEMPT THE FIRST LANDING AT KTBR ON A 45 DEGREE DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 32. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENT TO TOUCHDOWN AT THE 1000 FOOT MARKER. ATOS REPORTED THAT WINDS WERE GUSTING FROM 14 TO 18 KNOTS. THE CREW SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 90 KNOTS ON SHORT FINAL WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY SANK AND NOSED DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE CREW TO INITIATE AN IMMEDIATE GO AROUND PROCEDURE. AS THEY ADDED POWER AND FULL AFT STICK INPUTS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK AN APPROACH LIGHT. THIS COLLISION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THAN BEGAN TO SKID DOWN THE RUNWAY OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL IT CAME TO REST ON THE RIDE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THE VIOLENT GROUND COLLISION COMBINED WITH THE OUT OF CONTROL SKIDDING CAUSED THE FUEL SYSTEM TO BREACH RESULTING IN FLAMES. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE AIRCREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM THE AIRCRAFT JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED FLAMES. BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES, AND RELEASED THAT DAY. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO VISUAL SIGNS, THE CREW REPORTED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT DISPLAYED SIMILAR FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH A WIND SHEAR OR MICROBURST DOWN DRAFT. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD INITIALLY STRUCK THE GRASS ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 32, APPROXIMATELY 86 FEET FROM THE WHERE THE PAVEMENT BEGINS. FURTHER EVALUATION SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN A FORWARD DIRECTION AS IT STRUCK A 4-FOOT TALL APPROACH LIGHT. DUE TO THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN ELEVATION OF WHERE THE GRASS MEETS THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS CATAPULTED INTO THE AIR AND TRAVELLED 150 FEET BEFORE STRIKING THE PAVEMENT. AS EVIDENCE FROM THE SURFACE SCRAPES AND MARKS, IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE THROUGH THE 300-FOOT THRESHOLD AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED. A REVIEW OF THE METAR WEATHER REPORT SHOWED AT 1435, WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 16 KTS, AT 1455 THERE WERE NO GUSTS REPORTED AND AT 1515, WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 20 KTS. ## 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 ERA19LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA119), Mar 5, 2019: Ostertag Walter G Velocity RG (N101WV), Stateboro, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control while on final approach in gusty wind conditions. ## Other reports on N101WV (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20180504004599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004599I), May 4, 2018: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG (N101WV), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. On may 4, 2018, the commercial rated pilot of N101WV a Velocity Rg, reported an engine vibration, declared an emergency and requested to land at Mobile, AL… - [Incident 20090812048369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090812048369I), Aug 12, 2009: Ostertag Wa VELOCITY RG (N101WV), Auburn, AL, Minor damage. While climbing thru 2000FT after take-off from auo enroute to hsv, a loud explosion was heard from rear of aircraft near the engine. The pilot leveled off,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.