- Date
- August 12, 2026, 10:09 local (14:09 UTC)
- Place
- Ossipee, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5013WSpirit Engineering SE-1
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260812012769A
- Case key
- 203599
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing, which resulted in a nose over on the grass runway.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that while attempting a three-point landing on a grass airstrip, the airplane bounced twice. After the second bounce, the pilot increased engine power and was attempting to abort the landing when he lost control of the airplane. It subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted on the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot did not report that there were any preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5013W
- Reported as
- Spirit Engineering SE-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 026
- Built
- 2026
- Airframe hours
- 49
- Engine
- Spirit Engineering Spirit V2, 42 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- February 26, 2026 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- NH69 · Windsock Village, runway 33, 4,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 24, 2025
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,032 total · 2,027 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- IZG, 14 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KIZG 121354Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP091 T02500133 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.