At 1730 eastern time, an amateur-built Velox Revolution II struck a hangar during attempted recovery from an aerobatic maneuver at Lake Norman Airpark. The pilot received minor injuries. He said he entered a flat spin at 4,000 feet but kept the airplane in the flat spin too long. When he realized he had insufficient altitude to recover the airplane normally or to bail out, he raised the nose to a vertical attitude and applied full power. The airplane then collided with a hangar and was destroyed in the post-crash fire.
October 12, Mooresville, N.C. / Velox Revolution II
At 1730 eastern time, an amateur-built Velox Revolution II struck a hangar during attempted recovery from an aerobatic maneuver at Lake Norman Airpark. The pilot received minor injuries. He said he entered a flat spin at 4,000 feet but kept the airplane in the flat spin too long. When he realized he had insufficient altitude to recover the airplane normally or to bail out, he raised the nose to a vertical attitude and applied full power. The airplane then collided with a hangar and was destroyed in the post-crash fire....
Key Takeaways:
- An amateur-built Velox Revolution II crashed into a hangar at Lake Norman Airpark after an aerobatic maneuver.
- The pilot entered a flat spin at 4,000 feet but held it too long, realizing too late that there was insufficient altitude for normal recovery or bailout.
- The aircraft, destroyed by post-crash fire, collided with the hangar despite the pilot's attempt to pull up vertically, though the pilot sustained only minor injuries.
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