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AIRCRAFT LANDING, PROPELLER SEPARATED WHILE IN-FLIGHT, MADE OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING, FLIPPED UPON TOUCH DOWN, PORTAGE COUNTY (STOCKTON AREA), WI

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Anyone who has flown with Captain John Thompson has probably heard him say that. Saying that however, just took on a whole new meaning after he made a successful forced landing near Stevens Point yesterday.
The plane was a Sonex, a light sport aircraft owned by student pilot Bret Taplin.
Shortly after take off from the Stevens Point airport, Thompson noticed an unusual vibration. Just as he was reaching to pull the throttle back, the propeller separated from the rest of the aircraft. He noticed smoke started coming up around the cowling.
What can only be described as instinct took over for Thompson. He briefly considered landing on a road, but traffic and the possibility of power lines seemed to make that option too risky.
From an altitude of about 1200-1500 feet above ground, Thompson made a mayday call and decided to land the plane in a potato field south of Highway 10 and east of Stockton Road.
As the plane neared touch down, however, the main wheels got caught in the vegetation. The nose wheel hit the dirt and flipped the plane over onto its canopy.
"When I saw the blur of the prop go away, and Brett says