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On may 25, 2026, at approximately 16:50, the Berryville, Arkansas, police and first responders were called to 17A Trigger Gap Airstrip, where it was reported that an aircraft had performed a forced landing at the end of runway 10 after an attempted takeoff abort. As the aircraft travelled east down the grass strip and became airborne. The pilot became aware that the aircraft would not be able to clear 30-foot trees and a highline wire at the end of the runway. The pilot attempted to abort takeoff and perform a forced landing at the end of the runway in a northeast direction. The pilot overcompensated on the left bank, and the aircraft nosed down and to the left, making a hard impact with the dirt Airstrip. The impact turned the nose left, and the aircraft skidded right, rolling onto the right wing, which buckled. The impact had caused the left wing to break in half, and as the aircraft tilted right, the broken left wing flipped underneath the aircraft’s remaining left inner wing section, and when the aircraft came to a stop, the left wing acted like a kickstand, holding the aircraft in a tilted right and tail-up position. The pilot and both passangers exited the aircraft and waited for first responders to arrive.