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Aviation accident LAX98LA037
NONE · Rodgers/Gaust RV-6 · 1997-11-01 · WELLINGTON, NV, USA
Event
- NTSB number
LAX98LA037- Event ID
20001208X09204- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 1997-11-01
- Location
- WELLINGTON, NV, USA
- Coordinates
- 38.700019, -119.319931
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- Rodgers/Gaust
- Model
- RV-6
- Registration
- N44JR
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to a fatigue fractured mixture control cable. Contributing factors were the soft, brush-covered emergency landing field.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown