# Accident 20041023027999A: Amtr CARATA, Minden, NV, October 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2004, 12:45 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0836° N, 119.7503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0836&lon=-119.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N418AP-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: AMS Flight D O O CARAT A (registry code 05615YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/ams-flight-d-o-o-carat-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CARATA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041023027999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOTH WINGS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE IN FLIGHT DUE TO 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 LAX05LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA014), Oct 23, 2004: AMS Flight Carat A (N418AP), Minden, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. 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…

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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