PLT OF A CHARTER SMT ACFT ROLLS OFF THE END OF THE TURF RWY AND INTO A BEAN FIELD BELIEVING IT TO BE UNCUT GRASS. ACFT IS STUCK.
Synopsis
PLT OF A CHARTER SMT ACFT ROLLS OFF THE END OF THE TURF RWY AND INTO A BEAN FIELD BELIEVING IT TO BE UNCUT GRASS. ACFT IS STUCK.
Narrative
ROLLED OUT INTO A BEAN FIELD THINKING IT WAS GRASS THAT WAS NOT YET MOWED. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A TRIP TO N25. IT WAS CLR VFR. EARLIER ONE OF THE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO GIVING CUSTOMER QUOTES ASKED ME WHERE N25 WAS. AFTER I CAME BACK WITH THE MAP HE SAID HE FOUND IT. HE FOUND AN ACCEPTABLE LNDG FIELD. I WENT ON MY WAY TO DO ANOTHER TRIP. LATER THE FOLLOWING WK I WAS INFORMED THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHKED OUT OK FOR MY TRIP INTO N25. THE DAY OF THE TRIP I WAS TOLD WE HAD PERMISSION TO LAND AT N25. IN BTWN FLTS I NOTICED THAT N25 WAS A SHORT TURF RWY. WE NEVER GO THERE. HOWEVER SINCE IT HAD BEEN APPROVED I WENT. I FOUND THE FIELD AND LANDED. BECAUSE THERE WERE ALL FIELDS IT WAS HARD TO PICK IT OUT. IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHORT FINAL THAT I WAS SURE I WAS LNDG ON THE RWY. AFTER LNDG; BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR SO I DECIDED TO LET THE AIRPLANE ROLL OUT INTO THE UNCUT GRASS. THAT GRASS TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAN FIELD. I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND; WHEN I THINK BACK! THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. IT HAD TO BE ROLLED OUT OF THE FIELD WITH A TRACTOR AND WASHED OFF THE MUD. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.