20130911018529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Swedener Rodney E RANS S-6ES · Mullen, NE · September 11, 2013

Date
September 11, 2013 · 11:50 local
Place
Mullen, NE
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N611WE
Reported as
Swedener Rodney E Rans S-6ES
Reported engine
ROTAX 912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
471 total411 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing at the privacy data omitted Private strip, the nose gear struck soft ground, collapsed and aircraft nosed over onto its back. Operator was alone, no witnesses and no injury.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING AT THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRIVATE STRIP, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK SOFT GROUND, COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. OPERATOR WAS ALONE, NO WITNESSES AND NO INJURY.