# NTSB Accident SEA04LA092
> **Start & Flug H-101 Salto** · 2004-05-24 · Creswell, OR, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA04LA092
- **Event ID:** 20040528X00701
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-05-24
- **Location:** Creswell, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.978889, -123.006668
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Start & Flug
- **Model:** H-101 Salto
- **Registration:** N101Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain while attempting to maneuver the aircraft into the wind during an off-airport landing in an open field. Factors include the pilot's inadequate in flight planning,  tailwind conditions during an attempted turn from downwind to base, and tall vegetation in the area that the pilot found it necessary to land in.

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