42.2344° N, 85.5516° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL (AZO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 7, 1991 · 20:30 local
Place
Kalamazoo, MI
Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2553L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot requested clearance to return to airport. Engine quit on final. Landed short of runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY.