ELLISONORE, MO, USA
N20828
CESSNA 182P
PLT OBTAINED WX BRIEFING FOR ROUTE FROM MOLINE, IL, ST. LOUIS, MO, MEMPHIS, TX, TO NEW ORLEANS, LA. PLT WAS INFORMED VFRWAS NOT RECOMMENDED IN EASTERN IOWA BUT ST. LOUIS WAS VFR AND FORECAST TO BE 1000 TO 2000 FT BROKEN TO SCATTERED ALL MORNING. VFR WAS ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED IN MEMPHIS. PLT DEPARTED GALESBURG, IL, AND WAS VECTORED AROUND ST. LOUIS BY ATC. PLT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED 2500 TO 3000 FT CEILINGS WEST OF FARMINGTON, MO, AND DECIDED TO LAND AT WALNUT RIDGE, AR. 25 MILES N OF WALNUT RIDGE SNOW AND LOW CEILINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED. UNABLE TO FIND GOOD WX, PLT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD DURING WHICH THE ACFT NOSED OVER.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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