Swedener RANS S-6ES N611WE
10 September 2013 · Mullen, Nebraska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 2013 at about 12:00 local time, a Swedener RANS S-6ES registered N611WE, operated by Swendener, was involved in an accident near Mullen, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 12:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mullen, Nebraska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Private Airstrip (PVT)
- Coordinates
- 42.0419, -101.0589
- Aircraft
- Swedener RANS S-6ES
- Registration
- N611WE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Swendener
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Burwell → Mullen
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13CA545
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The gopher holes and soft terrain the airplane encountered, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot landed the airplane at a private airstrip where the airplane contacted gopher mounds and soft ground. The nose landing gear collapsed, the airplane nosed over, and it sustained substantial empennage damage. The pilot said that there were no airplane mechanical malfunctions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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