NTSB Identification: NYC06CA118. Accident occurred Wednesday,
May 24, 2006 in Millbrook, NY Probable Cause Approval Date:
10/03/2006 Aircraft: Espinal Velocity Jet 900, registration:
N289AE Injuries: 1 Minor.   The pilot/owner/builder departed on
his first solo flight in the homebuilt, jet-powered, Velocity
Jet 900 airplane with no jet airplane experience or training.
After takeoff, the airplane climbed above traffic pattern
altitude at "4 to 5 thousand feet-per-minute" and accelerated
above 200 knots on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern. The
pilot reduced power to flight idle to descend and complete the
traffic pattern for landing. The airplane was "low" on the base
leg of the pattern, the pilot advanced the throttle, the engine
did not accelerate, but continued to run at the flight idle
setting. As the airplane approached the runway, "I got too slow,
lost control, and crashed 100 feet short of the runway."
Examination of the wreckage revealed the fuel tank vent was
clogged with dirt and insect remains