# Accident 20060304006139A: Americ STOLAIRCRAFT, Kalamazoo, MI, March 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2006, 14:23 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2283° N, 85.4844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2283&lon=-85.4844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46365, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46365-2008-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balkema John STOL AIRCRAFT (registry code 05619MD, https://openairdocs.org/model/balkema-john-stol-aircraft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERIC STOLAIRCRAFT
- Reported engine: LOMPRA M332B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,133 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060304006139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM PRIVATE OWNED LANDING STRIP IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN THE PILOT SAID HE LOST ENGINE POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOY BEAN FIELD. PILOT INDICATED HE LANDED HARD BREAKING MAIN LANDING GEAR OFF AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EGRESSED AIRCRAFT SAFELY, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI06CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA091), Mar 4, 2006: Balkema Stol Aircraft (N46365), Scotts, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of engine power on downwind for undetermined reasons and the post-impact ground fire that burned the airplane while it was standing.

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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