What happened
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(-23) On 04-30-2005, a Cessna 150F, registration N6256R was being operated on a VFR pleasure flight. The flight originated from berlin, NH (bml) at approximately 1140 hours. The pilot stated that he received a weather briefing from the internet but the weather changed more rapidly than he anticipated. In order to maintain VFR in the low clouds and heavy rain conditions he descended altitude. He became disoriented and sensed that he was off course. Considering his low fuel reserves, the pilot elected to attempt a landing in an open field. The field was grass covered but water soaked due to heavy rains in recent days. Upon landing the nose tire settled into the soft soil and struck a subsurface rock causing the aircraft to flip over. The aircraft sustained substantial damage with the aft section of the fuselage and horizontal stabilizer twisted and buckled, the wing spars buckled, the propeller bent, the engine firewall was buckled and the nose landing gear twisted. The pilot received slight injuries with only a minor cut on his left wrist.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 04-30-2005, A CESSNA 150F, REGISTRATION N6256R WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BERLIN, NH (BML) AT APPROXIMATELY 1140 HOURS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE INTERNET BUT THE WEATHER CHANGED MORE RAPIDLY THAN HE ANTICIPATED. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VFR IN THE LOW CLOUDS AND HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS HE DESCENDED ALTITUDE. HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND SENSED THAT HE WAS OFF COURSE. CONSIDERING HIS LOW FUEL RESERVES, THE PILOT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE FIELD WAS GRASS COVERED BUT WATER SOAKED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN RECENT DAYS. UPON LANDING THE NOSE TIRE SETTLED INTO THE SOFT SOIL AND STRUCK A SUBSURFACE ROCK CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH THE AFT SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TWISTED AND BUCKLED, THE WING SPARS BUCKLED, THE PROPELLER BENT, THE ENGINE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TWISTED. THE PILOT RECEIVED SLIGHT INJURIES WITH ONLY A MINOR CUT ON HIS LEFT WRIST.
NTSB investigation
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