Pilot of a charter small transport aircraft rolls off the end of the turf runway and into a bean fie...

Attributes
ACN	407260
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : n25
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 2637 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	407260
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

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 clear 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 landing field. I went on my way to do another trip. Later the following week I was informed that everything was checked out ok for my trip into N25. The day of the trip I was told we had permission to land at N25. In between flts I noticed that N25 was a short turf runway. 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 landing on the runway. After landing, 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.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 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.

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.

Pilot of a charter small transport aircraft rolls off the end of the turf runway and into a bean field believing it to be uncut grass. Aircraft is stuck.