Mullen, NE, USA
N611WE
SWEDENER RANS S-6ES
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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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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