Pilot lands aircraft in tall grass field causing damage to aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	274301
Time
Date	199406
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cav
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	274301
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landing in tall grass aircraft flipped over on its back. Damaged rudder and vertical stabilizer. Broken propeller. No injuries. I should have known better. Poor judgement on my part.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LANDS ACFT IN TALL GRASS FIELD CAUSING DAMAGE TO ACFT.

Narrative: LNDG IN TALL GRASS ACFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. DAMAGED RUDDER AND VERT STABILIZER. BROKEN PROP. NO INJURIES. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. POOR JUDGEMENT ON MY PART.

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.