Accident Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too N555CW, Sunday 20 May 2001

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Date:	Sunday 20 May 2001
Time:	18:00 LT
Type:	Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N555CW
MSN:	1172
Year of manufacture:	1978
Total airframe hrs:	678 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-A1A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Woodrow, CO - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	St Francis-Cheyenne County Municipal Airport, KS (KSYF)
Destination airport:	Denver-Front Range Airport, CO (KFTG)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
While on a cross-country flight, which had been preceded by a full weather brief by a flight service station, the non-instrument rated pilot flying a non-instrument certificated aircraft encountered rapidly deteriorating weather conditions in the form of freezing rain, snow, and deteriorating visibility. She elected to make a precautionary landing in an open field. The field was rough and uneven, and the aircraft nosed over during landing roll.

Probable Cause: a precautionary landing on unsuitable terrain which was rough and uneven. Factors were deteriorating weather in the form of freezing rain, snow, and decreasing visibility.

Accident investigation: