PA-18/19 Super Cub
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38.2; Flight Crew Total 2437.4; Flight Crew Type 300
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
I was repositioning the Super Cub to a family owned farm due to ramp construction at the ZZZ where the aircraft is normally based. I have landed on the farm several times in various aircraft and had walked the landing location. After several low reconnaissance passes and noting tall weeds; I selected a landing location that had no obvious tall weeds. After making an uneventful landing; during the roll-out the main tires hit some dense weed undergrowth not visible from the air. While slow; there was just enough energy remaining to cause the aircraft to flip onto its back. There were no injuries and the damage is minimal. One action that may have prevented the incident would be to mount larger tires to the aircraft for planned off airport landings. Another would be to cut all vegetation from intended landing area on owned land.
PA-18 pilot reported that during landing roll-out; the tires contacted some weeds which caused the airplane to flip over.