What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft ran through a mud hole on landing and flipped over, Tuckerman, AR. (.4)during the landing roll, the right main landing gear dropped into a mud hole covered by 6 inch tall bermuda grass. The tire pushed up the mud instead of rolling through the hole, and the airplane came to a sudden stop and nosed over to the inverted position. (-23) on March 25, 1998, at 0900 CST, N6720K, a Grumman G-164B, operated by Tuckerman flying service (CFR 49 part 137 ag operator, certificate no. T7FG373H), registered to and flown by curtis anthony gates, received substantial damage when it flipped inverted on roll-out after landing at a private ag strip 4 miles east of Tuckerman, Arkansas. The pilot stated that the aircraft flipped inverted when the right main landing gear sunk into a soft spot on the runway. He said he had landed on the strip 4 or 5 times already that morning. The strip was covered with grass and the soft spot was not easily detected. There were no injuries and no fire. The vertical stabilizer, rudder, left and right upper wing panels, main and cabane struts were damaged.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT RAN THROUGH A MUD HOLE ON LANDING AND FLIPPED OVER, TUCKERMAN, AR. (.4)DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DROPPED INTO A MUD HOLE COVERED BY 6 INCH TALL BERMUDA GRASS. THE TIRE PUSHED UP THE MUD INSTEAD OF ROLLING THROUGH THE HOLE, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND NOSED OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION. (-23) ON MARCH 25, 1998, AT 0900 CST, N6720K, A GRUMMAN G-164B, OPERATED BY TUCKERMAN FLYING SERVICE (CFR 49 PART 137 AG OPERATOR, CERTIFICATE NO. T7FG373H), REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY CURTIS ANTHONY GATES, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT FLIPPED INVERTED ON ROLL-OUT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE AG STRIP 4 MILES EAST OF TUCKERMAN, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUNK INTO A SOFT SPOT ON THE RUNWAY. HE SAID HE HAD LANDED ON THE STRIP 4 OR 5 TIMES ALREADY THAT MORNING. THE STRIP WAS COVERED WITH GRASS AND THE SOFT SPOT WAS NOT EASILY DETECTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER WING PANELS, MAIN AND CABANE STRUTS WERE DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
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