# Accident 20210216000939A: N13vt LLC VELOCITY VTWIN, Janesville, WI, February 16, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2021, 09:20 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Airport: Southern Wisconsin Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5954° N, 89.0302° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5954&lon=-89.0302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: N13vt VELOCITY VTWIN (registry code 05639FP, https://openairdocs.org/model/n13vt-velocity-vtwin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Titan IOX-370 SERIE (registry code 59471, https://openairdocs.org/engine/titan-iox-370-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: N13VT LLC VELOCITY VTWIN
- Reported engine: TITAN IOX
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,821 total, 64 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210216000939A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2021 AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT VELOCITY V-TWIN AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELLING FROM APPLETON AIRPORT WI (ATL) TO SEBASTIAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FL (X26) WITH A TWO PERSON CREW ON BOARD. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT BY THE FAA WITH A LIMITATION LISTED AS GEAR TO REMAIN DOWN FOR THE FLIGHT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR A CO-PILOT. THE FLIGHT CREW MADE A STOP IN JANESVILLE WI (JVL) WHERE THEY HAD BREAKFAST AND FILLED THE AIRCRAFT WITH FUEL. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM JVL ON RUNWAY 32 THE TOWER RECEIVED A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT TO SORT OUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CIRCLING BACK TO THE AIRPORT IN A LEFT HAND PATTERN WHEN IT DESCENDED IN ALTITUDE AND CRASHED IN SWAMPY AREA NEXT TO THE ROCK RIVER 1.3 MILES SOUTH OF THE THRESHOLD TO RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH SOME  TREES BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED IN ABOUT 3 FEET OF WATER. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

## 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 CEN21FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA130), Feb 16, 2021: Velocity Vtwin (N13VT), Janesville, WI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The exceedance of the maximum airspeed for flight with the landing gear extended, which resulted in a separation of the right main landing gear door that subsequently impacted the right propeller and…

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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