# NTSB Accident SEA08FA196
> **Debus J / Mountain S / Bowes E DEBUS-CASST-SNOSHOO** · 2008-09-06 · Reno, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA08FA196
- **Event ID:** 20080917X01476
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-09-06
- **Location:** Reno, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.667221, -119.876113
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Debus J / Mountain S / Bowes E
- **Model:** DEBUS-CASST-SNOSHOO
- **Registration:** N102MB
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The movement of the airplane’s modified horizontal stabilizer trim system during an intentional high speed aerobatic maneuver that resulted in exceedence of the design stress limits of the airplane and an in-flight structural failure. Contrubuting to the accident was that the builder’s deviation from the airplane designer's original trim system.

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