KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, along with firefighters from the Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport, responded to the airfield for an aircraft that had crash landed at 4:33 pm, Friday, November 1st.
A small, single engine airplane, piloted by a 41 year old Battle Creek man, suffered a mechanical issue just after takeoff. The pilot attempted to land on a runway, but instead crash landed in a grassy area nearby.
The pilot was transported by ambulance to the hospital for minor injuries. There were no other occupants in the airplane.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 337-8120 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.
