# Accident 20061018021429A: Amtr WINDWARDOWL, Starkville, MS, October 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2006, 15:09 local time
- Place: Starkville, MS
- Airport: George M Bryan Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4333° N, 88.8500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4333&lon=-88.8500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401MS-2009-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Winward Performance OWL (registry code 05621X1, https://openairdocs.org/model/winward-performance-owl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR WINDWARDOWL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,696 total, 4 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061018021429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/18/2006, AIRCRAFT N401MS, WAS CONDUCTING RESEARCH BY THE RASPET FLIGHT RESEARCH LABORATORY, A PART OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY. DURING THE TEST FLIGHT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS EXECUTING A LEFT TURN WHEN HE OBSERVED HIS AIRSPEED BUILDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS CONCERNED HE WAS REACHING HIS MAX AIR SPEED AND STARTED A GENTLE PULL AS HIS WINGS WERE NEARING LEVEL. HE DID NOT NOTICE HIS AIR SPEED, AS HE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH NOT PULLING EXCESSIVE G'S ON THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE STARTED TO PULL ON THE AIRCRAFT HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE NEXT THING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ REMEMBERS IS BEING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT STILL ATTACHED TO HIS SEAT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ PULLED HIS RIP CORD ON HIS PARACHUTE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ LANDED WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE CHASE HELICOPTER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WITNESSED THE BREAK-UP OF THE GLIDER. ^PRIVACY DAT^ SAW THE RIGHT WING EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN LEFT WING LATER EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING CUT THROUGH THE BALISTIC PARACHUTE OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPLOYING THE CHUTE.

## 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 DFW07LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA006), Oct 18, 2006: Windward OWL (N401MS), Starkville, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The structural failure of the airframe due to the inadvertent excessive airspeed during maneuvering.

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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