Gerald Nelson NELSON WOODY N525AG

Summary

On 18 July 2016 at about 15:30 local time, a Gerald Nelson NELSON WOODY registered N525AG was involved in an accident near Hope, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 July 2016 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Hope Municipal Airport (M18)

Coordinates

33.7239, -93.6553

Aircraft

Gerald Nelson NELSON WOODY

Registration

N525AG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hope → Hope

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16LA271

1 person was seriously injured.

The loss of control upon landing for reasons that could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings in the homebuilt, tailwheel-equipped, experimental airplane. After a normal touchdown, the airplane veered to the left off the asphalt runway surface and ground looped as it departed the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. Postaccident examination revealed that the left main landing gear retaining mechanism was broken, but it was not clear if the damage occurred before or after the loss of control. The pilot, who was the builder of the airplane and had about 500 hours of flight time in the airplane, reported that he believed that the retaining mechanism could have broken upon landing and resulted in the ground loop. The winds were light and variable at the time of the accident. Because the damage to the landing gear retention mechanism could have occurred before or after the loss of control, the reason for the loss of control could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.