BROOKSVILLE, FL, USA
N6700W
PIPER PA-28-140
THE NONINSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HE ATTEMPTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GRASS FIELD. ON LANDING THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE LANDING AREA WAS A MARSHY MINING OVERFLOW AREA WITH WATER BENEATH THE SURFACE VEGETATION.
THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS, AND HIS SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR HIS ATTEMPTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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