# Incident 20060523015469I: Amtr KITFOXIV, Romeoville, IL, May 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Romeoville, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6278° N, 88.1012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romeoville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6278&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53060, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53060) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beck Robert L KITFOX IV (registry code 05604I1, https://openairdocs.org/model/beck-robert-l-kitfox-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOXIV
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060523015469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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