Homebuilt aircraft encounters turbulence, becomes inverted. Wings were flexed and exceeded redline.

Attributes
ACN	249636
Time
Date	199308
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5500 msl bound upper : 5500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bwi
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 550
ASRS Report	249636
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Left mtn, climbed to 5500, established cruise, encountered turbulence. Aircraft went inverted, during recovery, aircraft exceeded red line and both wings were flexed. An aerobatic course would have been helpful. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter called due to no address on identification strip. Wings were flexed to the point of destruction. Aircraft totaled -- will not be rebuilt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HOMEBUILT ACFT ENCOUNTERS TURB, BECOMES INVERTED. WINGS WERE FLEXED AND EXCEEDED REDLINE.

Narrative: LEFT MTN, CLBED TO 5500, ESTABLISHED CRUISE, ENCOUNTERED TURB. ACFT WENT INVERTED, DURING RECOVERY, ACFT EXCEEDED RED LINE AND BOTH WINGS WERE FLEXED. AN AEROBATIC COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CALLED DUE TO NO ADDRESS ON ID STRIP. WINGS WERE FLEXED TO THE POINT OF DESTRUCTION. ACFT TOTALED -- WILL NOT BE REBUILT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.