Incidents and Accidents
Several accidents and incidents have occurred at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport. These incidents are responded to by the onsite CFR team.
On 27 October 2009, a single-engine Beechcraft crashed. The aircraft landed north of the airport, but not on the runway. It skidded through the fence and came to rest in the parking lot of Great Lakes Aviation, just outside the airfield. The aircraft was reported to be en route to Muskoka, Ontario when it experienced some mechanical problem and then crash landed at the north end of the runway. The pilot, who was also the only occupant, died in the accident.
On 4 April 2004, a Cessna 172 crashed. The airplane, operated by a university aviation training program, was blown off of the runway by high winds. No injuries were reported.
On 26 June 1999, a Boeing PT-17 crashed. The airplane ground looped while landing.
On 28 May 1999, a Cessna 172 crashed. The aircraft overran the departure end of runway 27, and struck an airport boundary fence and an automobile on Portage Road, which runs perpendicular to the runway.
On 19 April 1998, a Piper PA-28 Series Aircraft crashed. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane liftoff runway 5 past the runway 17/35 intersection located approximately 3,108 feet (947 m) from the approach end of runway 5. Runway 5 was 3,999 feet (1,219 m) long at the time of the accident. Witnesses reported the airplane climbed to 250 to 300 feet (91 m) when the airplane rolled left and went straight down. The airplane burst into flames and the cockpit and fuselage were consumed by fire. All passengers died.
On 21 November 1983, a Republic Airlines DC-9 headed for Kalamazoo from Detroit was hijacked. The hijacker was overthrown.
On 25 July 1978, a North Central Airlines Convair 580 hit a female sparrow hawk (not male, according to the NTSB report) shortly after takeoff, then crash-landed in a nearby cornfield. There were no fatalities, but several on board were seriously injured.
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