What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Got strong thermal near cloud. Right wing separated at 200FT. Vaned rolled pitch up. Landed in trees exceeded g lo (-23) during thermal soaring, pilot entered class b airspace w/o clearance, entered cumulus cloud at approximately 4300 feet, climbed rapidly to 6200 feet when rt wing failed at 200 ft. aircraft fell out of control to the ground, landed in tall pines and palmetto, minor injuries. Wing failed in positive overload, no pre-existing defect. No gyros aboard aircraft, probable gross overspeed followed by pilot induced or meteorological gust long in excess of maximum.
As the FAA filed it
GOT STRONG THERMAL NEAR CLOUD. RIGHT WING SEPARATED AT 200FT. VANED ROLLED PITCH UP. LANDED IN TREES EXCEEDED G LO (-23) DURING THERMAL SOARING, PILOT ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE W/O CLEARANCE, ENTERED CUMULUS CLOUD AT APPROXIMATELY 4300 FEET, CLIMBED RAPIDLY TO 6200 FEET WHEN RT WING FAILED AT 200 FT. AIRCRAFT FELL OUT OF CONTROL TO THE GROUND, LANDED IN TALL PINES AND PALMETTO, MINOR INJURIES. WING FAILED IN POSITIVE OVERLOAD, NO PRE-EXISTING DEFECT. NO GYROS ABOARD AIRCRAFT, PROBABLE GROSS OVERSPEED FOLLOWED BY PILOT INDUCED OR METEOROLOGICAL GUST LONG IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM.
NTSB investigation
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