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Pilot flying citabria aircraft made an off airport landing in a field due to deteriorating weather.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1714823 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Champion Citabria Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 15 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Weather at time of departure from ZZZ1: vis 6 sky condition ovc 011. Weather reported at ZZZ2 at time of departure: vis 3 sky condition ovc 007. Taf (terminal aerodrome forecast) reporter from ZZZ3 for time of arrival: vis 6 sct 035. Morning before flight; reviewed weather and determined the ceilings would be lifting enough to make safe flight. Departed ZZZ1 and remained in class G airspace. Flew safely for one hour south by remaining below cloud ceiling and remaining 500 ft. From persons; vehicles; vessels; and structures. Approximately thirty minutes after passing ZZZ; cloud ceiling lowered and fog moved in; reducing visibility to less than 1SM. Decided to make precautionary landing in a plowed soy bean field. Landed safely with no damage to persons; aircraft; structures; or vehicles. Tied down the aircraft for the night and retrieved it three days later. Upon reflection; the safer decision would have been to wait a few days for the weather to pass. Another choice would have been to make a precautionary landing sooner on a runway at an established airport when the weather first began to collapse; instead of continuing flight in hopes it would improve. I believe the flight ended safely due to my comfortability; willingness; and experience with landing in a field as opposed to continuing flight into IMC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot flying Citabria aircraft made an off airport landing in a field due to deteriorating weather.
Narrative: Weather at time of departure from ZZZ1: Vis 6 Sky condition OVC 011. Weather reported at ZZZ2 at time of departure: Vis 3 Sky condition OVC 007. TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) reporter from ZZZ3 for time of arrival: Vis 6 SCT 035. Morning before flight; reviewed weather and determined the ceilings would be lifting enough to make safe flight. Departed ZZZ1 and remained in Class G airspace. Flew safely for one hour south by remaining below cloud ceiling and remaining 500 ft. from persons; vehicles; vessels; and structures. Approximately thirty minutes after passing ZZZ; cloud ceiling lowered and fog moved in; reducing visibility to less than 1SM. Decided to make precautionary landing in a plowed soy bean field. Landed safely with no damage to persons; aircraft; structures; or vehicles. Tied down the aircraft for the night and retrieved it three days later. Upon reflection; the safer decision would have been to wait a few days for the weather to pass. Another choice would have been to make a precautionary landing sooner on a runway at an established airport when the weather first began to collapse; instead of continuing flight in hopes it would improve. I believe the flight ended safely due to my comfortability; willingness; and experience with landing in a field as opposed to continuing flight into IMC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.