# Accident 20260525007519A: Cessna 172H, Berryville, AR, May 25, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2026, 16:50 local time
- Place: Berryville, AR
- Airport: Trigger Gap Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3270° N, 93.6170° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3270&lon=-93.6170&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2632L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2632L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 115 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260525007519A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN26LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA201), May 25, 2026: Cessna 172H (N2632L), Berryville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot in command’s decision to continue the takeoff when the airplane was not airborne at midfield, and the student pilot’s likely improper technique that resulted in a lack of sufficient climb…

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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