Amateur-built Renegade Spirit accident near Lynn Center, Illinois, June 23, 2001
On June 23, 2001 at about 1:30 am local time, a amateur-built Renegade Spirit, registered N730JB, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lynn Center, Illinois. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the in-flight deformation of the left wing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 23, 2001 · about 1:30 am local time
- Place
- Lynn Center, Illinois · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built Renegade Spirit
- Registration
- N730JB · registry record · serial 071
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was performing a pull up during aerobatics when he heard a bang and then felt a left rolling tendency. Postaccident examination of the experimental amateur built airplane revealed that the lower left wing exhibited upwards twisting which extended on an inclination from the wing root to a point on the wing's leading edge forward of the wing strut and then on a declination to the wing tip. The pilot's student pilot/medical certificate was expired.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Flight time: 360 hours in all; 102 in this make and model
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (expired)
- Seat: ctr
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 108.1 hours
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rotax (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: PVT Lynn Center IL at 1:15 am
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 020° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,800 ft
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observation at 2:55 am from MLI, 20 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CHI01FA186.