# NTSB Accident DEN01FA105
> **Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3DM** · 2001-05-24 · Alamogordo, NM, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01FA105
- **Event ID:** 20010611X01142
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-05-24
- **Location:** Alamogordo, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.759723, -105.807777
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schempp-Hirth
- **Model:** Nimbus-3DM
- **Registration:** N11ZQ
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight crew's inadequate in-flight planning to fly over the mesa with insufficient altitude.  A contributing factor was the downdraft weather condition

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