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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gerald Nelson NELSON SPECIAL · Hope, AR · May 29, 2025

Date
May 29, 2025 · 10:50 local
Place
Hope, AR
Airport
Hope Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N873YD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA190
Reported as
Gerald Nelson Nelson Special
Reported engine
Lycoming O-290-D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot completed a three-point landing at the intersection of ryws 4/22 and 16/34 while landing on rwy 16. Just after landing and at the beginning of the landing rollout, the aircraft’s left wing dipped and struck the ground causing the aircraft to flip tail-over-nose, coming to rest inverted on the east side of rwy 16.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT COMPLETED A THREE-POINT LANDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF RYWS 4/22 AND 16/34 WHILE LANDING ON RWY 16. JUST AFTER LANDING AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT’S LEFT WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP TAIL-OVER-NOSE, COMING TO REST INVERTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF RWY 16.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.