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| Date: | Tuesday 22 November 2022 |
| Time: | 18:24 |
| Type: |  Velocity XLT-RG |
| Owner/operator: | MPDKM Inc |
| Registration: | N101BH |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Banning Municipal Airport (BNG/KBNG), Banning, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eagle Roost Airpark, AZ (27AZ) |
| Banning Airport, CA (BNG/KBNG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 22, 2022, about 1824, Pacific standard time, an experimental, amateur-built XLT-RG (Velocity), N101BH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Banning, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
Multiple witnesses observed fire and a trail of smoke coming from the rear of the experimental, amateur-built airplane as it flew overhead; the airplane was equipped with a rearmounted engine. The airplane appeared to be in a level flight attitude and the fire progressively worsened as it continued toward a nearby airport. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground about 11/2 miles northeast of the airport, where most of the airplane was consumed by a postcrash fire.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the inflight fire likely started near the turbocharger; however, the exact origin could not be determined due to damage from the inflight and postcrash fires. There were no other mechanical malfunctions or failures identified during the postaccident examination that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: An inflight engine fire for reasons that could not be determined that resulted in impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://abc7.com/banning-small-plane-crashes-riverside-county-deadly-crash/12484024/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106352
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=101BH
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a0088c&lat=33.851&lon=-116.550&zoom=10.0&showTrace=2022-11-23
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N101BH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wslr5dVQcPU (video 2018)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2022 21:06 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Nov-2022 21:08 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 27-Nov-2024 10:19 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo, ] |
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