Sun, Mar 02, 2008
Go-Around Results In Collision With Aircraft On Taxiway
Two aircraft, one landing and one taxiing, collided during a
monthly EAA chapter's pancake breakfast activity, Saturday morning
at the Arthur Dunn Airpark in Titusville, FL. Two persons in the
taxiing aircraft, reported as an RV-8, were killed. The two
occupants of the landing aircraft, a Velocity XL-RG were evac'ed to
the hospital from the scene and are reported to have survived the
accident with significant and life-threatening injuries.
The Velocity XL was reportedly involved in a go-around from Rwy
15-33 due to his closure on another aircraft when he drifted off
the runway far enough to strike the RV-8. The subsequent impact
reportedly killed the RV occupants immediately and an extensive
fire ensued.
Eyewitness reports indicate that one wing of the Velocity (FILE
photo, below) struck the RV-8, nearly severing the aircraft in the
process. The Velocity then impacted, cartwheeled and came to rest
inverted. One person was ejected from the wreckage while pilots at
the event dragged the other from the scene, with the aircraft fully
involved in the post-impact fire. Both survivors are in tough
shape... with one's condition noted to be "grave" at last
report.
The RV-8 (illustration shown below) was based in Daytona Beach,
Florida, while the Velocity was registered to an owner in
Wilmington, DE.
The 0832 accident took place during a monthly event at the
popular Arthur Dunn airport. EAA Chapter 866's pancake breakfast
takes place once a month and is well-attended when conditions
allow. The weather at the time of the accident was VFR.
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