# NTSB Accident LAX98LA037
> **Rodgers/Gaust RV-6** · 1997-11-01 · WELLINGTON, NV, USA · NONE
## 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.

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