# Accident 20250911019469A: Airborne Windsports REDBACK, Winder, GA, September 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Airport: Winder-Barrow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9916° N, 83.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winder, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9916&lon=-83.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports REDBACK (registry code 05901GF, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-redback) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 DCDI (registry code 55566, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE WINDSPORTS REDBACK
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250911019469A

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMB-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A BACKFLIP, DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WHEELS FIRST DISORIENTATING THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AGAIN, PERFORMED ANOTHER BACKFLIP, DESCENDED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND A SECOND TIME, WING FIRST, INCAPACITATING THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER THE SECOND IMPACT AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN 100 YARDS NE OF THE THRESHOLD MARKING ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE EDGE OF THE TREE LINE

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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