Flared high on landing resulting excursion from runway to plowed field. Aircraft flipped.

Attributes
ACN	174850
Time
Date	199104
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : md84
State Reference	MD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20 msl bound upper : 20
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 3 flight time total : 200 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	174850
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The incident was a hard landing. The aircraft veered right. The aircraft went off the right side of the runway (unimproved grass strip) and into a plowed field. Aircraft has conventional landing gear. Main gear dug into dirt and aircraft gently nosed over and rested inverted in the dirt. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: perfectly smooth conditions, but the reporter flared high and stalled in. Damage to the tail when the aircraft flipped in the fresh plowed field, wing tank ruptured. Aircraft is being repaired and is waiting for a new covering job. FAA classified as an incident. No injuries.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLARED HIGH ON LNDG RESULTING EXCURSION FROM RWY TO PLOWED FIELD. ACFT FLIPPED.

Narrative: THE INCIDENT WAS A HARD LNDG. THE ACFT VEERED RIGHT. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY (UNIMPROVED GRASS STRIP) AND INTO A PLOWED FIELD. ACFT HAS CONVENTIONAL LNDG GEAR. MAIN GEAR DUG INTO DIRT AND ACFT GENTLY NOSED OVER AND RESTED INVERTED IN THE DIRT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: PERFECTLY SMOOTH CONDITIONS, BUT THE RPTR FLARED HIGH AND STALLED IN. DAMAGE TO THE TAIL WHEN THE ACFT FLIPPED IN THE FRESH PLOWED FIELD, WING TANK RUPTURED. ACFT IS BEING REPAIRED AND IS WAITING FOR A NEW COVERING JOB. FAA CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. NO INJURIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.