# Accident 20250529007679A: Gerald Nelson NELSON SPECIAL, Hope, AR, May 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2025, 10:50 local time
- Place: Hope, AR
- Airport: Hope Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7200° N, 93.6589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7200&lon=-93.6589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N873YD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N873YD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gerald Nelson NELSON SPECIAL (registry code 05638SB, https://openairdocs.org/model/gerald-nelson-nelson-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-290-D (registry code 42089, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-290-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GERALD NELSON NELSON SPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-290-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250529007679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA190), May 29, 2025: Nelson Special (N873YD), Hope, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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