# Incident 20260320001809I: Beech C24R, Hope, AR, March 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2026, 09:20 local time
- Place: Hope, AR
- Airport: Hope Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7200° N, 93.6589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPE MUNI (M18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7200&lon=-93.6589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18372, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18372) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 234 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260320001809I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 20, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:20 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT HOPE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HOPE, AR (M18).  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.  THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, PROPELLER DAMAGE, AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY. DAY VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED. PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

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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