THE LIGHTWEIGHT EXPERIMENTAL PLANE that crashed into a North Las Vegas home last Friday (Firegeezer reports HERE and HERE) had an untested supercharger installed on the engine.
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A preliminary report issued yesterday from the NTSB states that a supercharger is not normally found on experimental-class aircraft.
A spokesperson for the maker of the Velocity aircraft says the company doesn’t sell engines and notes that superchargers are not commonly used. And according to the FAA, the aircraft could only be operated out of the North Las Vegas Airport in a limited way: not flown over densley populated areas except for take-offs and landings.
KVBC Ch. 3 has the full story on this revelation HERE.
Channel 3 also filed this video report:
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