# NTSB Accident LAX05LA014
> **AMS Flight Carat A** · 2004-10-23 · Minden, NV, USA · FATL
## 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.

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