# Accident 19941230043409A: Amtr BD10, Minden, NV, December 30, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1994, 16:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9WZ-1998-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harris William W BD-10 (registry code 05626GW, https://openairdocs.org/model/harris-william-w-bd-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BD10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,433 total, 63 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941230043409A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PITCHED UP AND BROKE UP ON HIGH SPEED TEST RUN. LOST EMPANNAGE AT 380 KNOTS AIRSPEED. WINGS FAILED IN OVERLOAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA067), Dec 31, 1994: Harris BD-10 (N9WZ), Gardnerville, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the in-flight overload failure of the left vertical stabilizer spars, at force levels substantially below the predicted ultimate failure loads, due to inadequate substantiation by the designer.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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