# Incident 20210803012389I: Blackshape Spa BS115, Oshkosh, WI, August 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2021, 20:17 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323HG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N323HG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Blackshape BS115 (registry code 056382M, https://openairdocs.org/model/blackshape-bs115) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320-D1B (registry code 41917, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-d1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLACKSHAPE SPA BS115
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320-D1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210803012389I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FROM KOSH ON NIGHT VFR TO KTIP WITH CONTROL CLEARANCE WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING, APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20NM I CONTACTED AND STABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH WISCONSIN APPROACH. AT THE SAME TIME AT ABOUT 5500 FEET I EXPERIENCED WITH UNLATCHED CANOPY AND IT FLIPPED FULLY OPENED. I IMMEDIATELY PULL THE THROTTLE BACK TO REDUCE THE AIRSPEED AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT BACK TO KOSH. IN ROUTE I ANNOUNCED TO WISCONSIN APPROACH THAT WE HAVE OPEN CANOPY AND RETURNING BACK TO KOSH AND LATER IN FLIGHT SQUAWKED 7700. I FOUND THE AIRPORT FLEW OVER MIDFIELD SAW GUN SIGNAL MADE A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN AND EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING. I MET THE FIRE TRUCK AND TALKED WITH TOWER AND HAD FIRE TRUCK TO ESCORT ME TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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