1 fatal · AMS Flight Carat A · 2004-10-23 · Minden, NV, USA
Event
NTSB number
LAX05LA014
Event ID
20041103X01750
Type
Accident
Date
2004-10-23
Location
Minden, NV, USA
Coordinates
39.08361, -119.750274
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
AMS Flight
Model
Carat A
Registration
N418AP
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
DEST
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
the pilot's likely inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions created by the rapidly changing cloud conditions that resulted in his spatial disorientation and exceeding the glider's ultimate design loads while in a spiral dive, which resulted in the overload failure of the wings.