What happened
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Acft engine sputtered, pilot made emergency landing on a family farm. Acft flipped over on landing. (-23) on 09/03/98 at 2000 CDT, CE-185, N1005F, owned and flown by mark t.klingbeil, was substantially damaged during a local flight. The pilot reported engine roughness and attempted a precautionary landing in a stubble field at a family owned farm. Excess airspeed and a negative grade caused heavy braking with the aircraft ending up inverted approximately 350 feet from end of field. Damage included bent propeller/spinner; right strut buckled; right wing chord wise buckling at strut; vertical fin and rudder crushed; left wing buckled at strut and 3' from tip.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT ENGINE SPUTTERED, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON A FAMILY FARM. ACFT FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING. (-23) ON 09/03/98 AT 2000 CDT, CE-185, N1005F, OWNED AND FLOWN BY MARK T.KLINGBEIL, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND ATTEMPTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A STUBBLE FIELD AT A FAMILY OWNED FARM. EXCESS AIRSPEED AND A NEGATIVE GRADE CAUSED HEAVY BRAKING WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENDING UP INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET FROM END OF FIELD. DAMAGE INCLUDED BENT PROPELLER/SPINNER; RIGHT STRUT BUCKLED; RIGHT WING CHORD WISE BUCKLING AT STRUT; VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER CRUSHED; LEFT WING BUCKLED AT STRUT AND 3' FROM TIP.
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