# Incident 20110804016849I: Urban Joseph A SONEX, Stevens Point, WI, August 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Place: Stevens Point, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5253° N, 89.5504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stevens Point, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5253&lon=-89.5504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825WH-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Urban Joseph A SONEX (registry code 05624XA, https://openairdocs.org/model/urban-joseph-a-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: URBAN JOSEPH A SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGON AEROVEE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 6 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110804016849I

## Narrative

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

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

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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