Single-engine piston

N7778M

2011 Homebuilt Velocity XL RG

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2011
Serial
3RX095
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO 540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Florida Best Airlines LLC (LLC)
Based
North Miami Beach, FL
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Registration record

N7778M on the FAA register

Type
2011 Homebuilt Velocity XL RG
Serial
3RX095
Engines
Lycoming IO 540 series
Registered owner
Florida Best Airlines LLC
North Miami Beach, FL
Certificate issued
2022-09-14
Airworthiness date
2014-01-16
Registration expires
2029-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AA8684
Mode S (octal)
52503204
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Velocity Inc VELOCITY XL RG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-12
    Accident at Columbia, SC; damage: substantial.
  • 2022-09-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N7778M to the current registrant.
  • 2014-11-19
    N7778M previously assigned to a Mooney M20E Super 21 / M20E Chaparral (s/n 21-0033); cancelled.
  • 2014-01-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2011
    Manufactured (2011).
Overview

About N7778M

N7778M is a 2011 Homebuilt Velocity XL RG, serial number 3RX095. The FAA register lists Florida Best Airlines LLC as the registrant in North Miami Beach, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 14, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO 540 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated January 16, 2014.

N7778M has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2025-08-12 Accident · Columbia, SC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA25LA298
Reported aircraft: Paschal Jr Roy E Velocity XL RG
Probable cause: A landing gear collapse during landing.
NTSB report ↗
1983-01-09 Accident · Cushing, OK Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW83FA079
Reported aircraft: Mooney M20E — a different aircraft that carried the N7778M registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.