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Aircraft in Fatal Janesville Crash Identified as Velocity V-Twin N13VT

An official accident record identifies the airplane that crashed near Janesville, Wisconsin, on Feb. 16, killing two; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m. ET

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The aircraft that crashed in a river near , on Feb. 16, 2021, has been identified as a registered , according to the official accident record. Air Force Times reported that people were killed when the airplane went down shortly after departing Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport at about CST, during . FAA aircraft registry records list as a 2020 Velocity VTWIN, serial number VT-020, fitted with Titan IOX-370 series engines and registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as LLC, with a registrant address in Appleton, Wisconsin; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Registry and FlightAware records describe the company only as the registered owner of that single experimental-class aircraft; no other aviation activity was established from the sources reviewed. Air Force Times reported that those killed were identified as Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, of the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing, and Tanner Byholm, 25, of Glidden, Wisconsin, an Air Force reservist. The pair were headed to Florida, according to GazetteExtra.com. Air Force Times reported that Velocity, the Florida-based manufacturer, says the V-Twin was designed for redundancy of a second engine in the event of an engine failure. Weather observations recorded at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, 4.4 miles away and 27 minutes from the reported time of the crash, show wind from 340 degrees at 11 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, broken cloud at 5,000 feet and a temperature of 10°F. The cause has not been determined. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N13VT
Type
N13vt Llc VELOCITY VTWIN
Engines
TITAN IOX-370 SERIE
Registered owner
N13vt LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
774 ft
Nearest aerodrome
4.4 miles NNE of Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (KJVL/JVL)

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