# Incident 19940319000429I: Amtr SPITFIRE, Kalamazoo, MI, March 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1994, 14:45 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N521R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX (registry code 9470112, https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-spitfire-mark-ix) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce MERLIN (registry code 54502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-merlin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SPITFIRE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940319000429I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE WIND WAS 220 AT 8-10 KNOTS UPON LANDING. AFTER LANDING ON RWY17 THE TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT THE WIND WAS NOW 300 AT 8-10 KNOTS. THIS WINDSHEAR CONDITION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE TO STARBOARD. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND RAN INTO A DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND CAUSING IT TO STOP SUDDENLY AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THREE OF THE FOUR BLADES ON THE PROP WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE RUNWAY CHANGE TO 35 FROM 17 AFTER THIS INCIDENT IS STRONG EVIDENCE THE WIND SHIFT OCCURRED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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