ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295259
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 2003 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N615A |
| MSN: | 22-18 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2283 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atwood, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tuscola, IL (K96) |
| Atwood , IL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane nosed over during a landing in a soybean field. The pilot reported he flew a traffic pattern above a soybean field that he mistakenly identified as the grass runway at IL31. The pilot stated he did not realize his mistake until the aircraft contacted the soybean crop just prior to touchdown. The pilot reported that it "was to late to go around so [he] attempted to land." During the landing attempt the airplane nosed over. The pilot stated that the soybean field in which the landing was made was approximately 1/2 mile from the accident location. The pilot stated that he was "fatigued" during the accident flight, which most likely contributed to his misidentification of the landing area. The pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented if he had verified the location of the runway while in the traffic pattern.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to correctly identify the location of the airport. Factors to the accident include the pilot flying while fatigued, which contributed to his misidentification of the runway, and the rough/uneven soybean field.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI03LA304
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 06:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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