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NTSB investigation record

LAX99MA251

Completed

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus4Dm· N807BB

Date
July 13, 1999
Location
Minden, NV
Conditions
VMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

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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