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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Urban Joseph A SONEX · Stevens Point, WI · August 4, 2011

Date: August 4, 2011 · 08:00 local
Place: Stevens Point, WI
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N825WH
Reported as: Urban Joseph A Sonex
Reported engine: Volkswagon AEROVEE
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,900 total6 in this make and model92 in the last 90 days

N825WHRegistration cancelled Oct 26, 2017 · Urban Joseph A SONEXS/N 0594 Airframe modelUrban Joseph A SONEX

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After departing the Stevens Point airport on an instructional flight, enroute to the practice area, the prop seperated from the aircraft at approximately 1500 feetthe pilot continued flight to an emergency landing in a crop fieldthe aircraft flipped over upon landing due to crop furrowsthe pilot and passenger egressed out of inverted aircraft. Bubble canopy provided no structure support and was crushed when aircraft flipped making it difficult to egress from aircraftfour Point seat/sholder harness assisted in egress

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTING THE STEVENS POINT AIRPORT ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, ENROUTE TO THE PRACTICE AREA, THE PROP SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEETTHE PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT TO AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CROP FIELDTHE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPON LANDING DUE TO CROP FURROWSTHE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED OUT OF INVERTED AIRCRAFT. BUBBLE CANOPY PROVIDED NO STRUCTURE SUPPORT AND WAS CRUSHED WHEN AIRCRAFT FLIPPED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO EGRESS FROM AIRCRAFTFOUR POINT SEAT/SHOLDER HARNESS ASSISTED IN EGRESS