Mike writes:
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"The only "take home" safety message that I'm processing is the report that the Velocity got one wheel off the runway in the grass/dirt/mud/sand.  One report stated that the Velocity pilot added power to go around.  I'm not sure which occurred first, adding power, or getting a wheel off the runway.  But if he had a wheel off the runway and added power, it sounds very similar to the Grant Bailey IVP fatal accident.

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It is not.  That accident occurred when the aircraft landed off of the right side of the runway after a left 270 degree turn, which ended too high, was followed by a high deck angle short final.  The left main tire briefly touched the right edge of the pavement but by the time the right main touched the ground the left had already been in contact for several tens of feet. The aircraft followed a straight trajectory until it impacted the trees. It was the right wing hitting a tree that caused the airframe to yaw but it did not cause the trajectory of the aircraft to change significantly.

One theory discussed was that  the co-pilot was flying the airplane during the approach and that his position on the right side of the cockpit combined with the high deck angle (limited over the nose visibility) to  produced a parallax illusion of the left side peripheral vision resulting in a right of center approach. The sole survivor / co-pilot  told the FAA the pilot  was at the controls at the time of the accident. Only the co-pilot knows what transpired.

Regards
Brent Regan