| Crash location | 42.041944°N, 101.058889°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Mullen, NE
42.914719°N, 98.486749°W 144.3 miles away |
| Tail number | N611WE |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 10 Sep 2013 |
| Aircraft type | Swedener Rans S-6ES |
| Additional details: | None |
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.
The gopher holes and soft terrain the airplane encountered, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.