Sheriff Kelly Hanson tells us Rodney Brocke, a 49-year-old pilot from Bay City, was on Maisou Island in Saginaw Bay Tuesday for target shooting.
Once there, he was doing some practice landings with his experimental Kitfox.
That's when the landing gear broke through the ice, ripping off a wheel.
The plane flipped over, but Brocke was able to free himself and call his wife for help.
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http://registry.faa.gov/N777ZX
IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 777ZX Make/Model: EXP Description: KITFOX 4 Date: 12/24/2012 Time: 2200 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Unknown LOCATION City: SEBEWAING State: MI Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ICE AND FLIPPED OVER, NEAR SEBEWAING, MI INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: DETROIT, MI (GL23) Entry date: 12/26/2012
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