# NTSB Accident LAX99MA251
> **Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM** · 1999-07-13 · MINDEN, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX99MA251
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19310
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-13
- **Location:** MINDEN, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.981666, -119.672775
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schempp-Hirth
- **Model:** NIMBUS 4DM
- **Registration:** N807BB
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive use of the elevator control during recovery from an inadvertently entered spin and/or spiral dive during which the glider exceeded the maximum permissible speed, which resulted in the overload failure of the wings at loadings beyond the structure's ultimate design loads.

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