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This aircraft was undertaking a flight test for certification to determine the horizontal distance required to land and bring the aircraft to a full stop. The aircraft touched down about 2,298 feet past the runway threshold the descent rate at touch down exceeded the aircraft structural limitations and the empennage seperated. The aircraft came t a rest 5,634 feet past the runway threshold of runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, US. Seven crew members were aboard, one of whom, a flight test engineer broke his ankle in the landing. The probably cuase of the accident was determined as "the pilot's failure to stabilise the approach as prescribed by the manufactures flight test procedures"