- Date
- May 31, 1973
- Place
- Kimball, NE · KIMBALL, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5936Gernr Evans WE-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190720
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 73/5/31 KIMBALL,NEBR GERNR EVANS WE-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1080 TIME - 1830 N5936 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KIMBALL MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIMBALL,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT EST FUEL ABT 2GAL.INFLT APRX 25MIN,GAS GAUGE IND EMPTY.ENG QUIT ON FINAL 1/4MI SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5936
- Reported as
- Gernr Evans WE-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kimball Municipal
N5936Registration cancelled Mar 8, 2018 · Gerner EVANS WE-1Airframe modelGerner EVANS WE-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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