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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr KITFOX IV · Romeoville, IL · May 23, 2006

Date: May 23, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place: Romeoville, IL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N53060
Reported as: Amtr Kitfoxiv
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total300 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N53060Registered now · Beck Robert L KITFOX IVS/N 1627 · Built 1998 Airframe modelBeck Robert L KITFOX IV Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot departed lewis university airport at about 1030 CDT on may 23, 2006. Upon reaching a point 8 miles west he noticed an increasing engine temperature and thereupon decided to make an off-airport precautionary landing rather than overfly residential areas in an attempt to return to lewis airport. He landed in an open field without incident, injury, or damage to the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LEWIS UNIVERSITY AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1030 CDT ON MAY 23, 2006. UPON REACHING A POINT 8 MILES WEST HE NOTICED AN INCREASING ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND THEREUPON DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF-AIRPORT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING RATHER THAN OVERFLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO LEWIS AIRPORT. HE LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.