What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft landed in a field, nose wheel dug into soft dirt and flipped over.(.4) the private pilot asked the owner of a field conveniently located to his business for permission to land. The pilot stated that he landed on grass runways previously, but never on unimproved surfaces. His preparation for the flight did not include an examination of the field conditions prior to the landing attempt. On landing rollout, the pilot stated that the field seemed rougher than anticipated. At 25 knots, the nose gear dug into a soft portion of the ground and the airplane flipped, coming to rest inverted.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD, NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO SOFT DIRT AND FLIPPED OVER.(.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT ASKED THE OWNER OF A FIELD CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO HIS BUSINESS FOR PERMISSION TO LAND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON GRASS RUNWAYS PREVIOUSLY, BUT NEVER ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. HIS PREPARATION FOR THE FLIGHT DID NOT INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIELD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO THE LANDING ATTEMPT. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FIELD SEEMED ROUGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. AT 25 KNOTS, THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO A SOFT PORTION OF THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED, COMING TO REST INVERTED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.