Yeah, thanks.

I made the mistake of going from a trainer to a performing low wing 56 size plane. I was pretty new but thought I could handle it. Well, one windy February morning, first flight of the day, I took off, did some orbits with a heart rate of about 140 or so.. did a basic turn from base to final and cut the throttle to idle. The wind was right down the centerline, but I didn't realize.. not enough experience.. that the wind really required that I come in "hot" throttle wise. When I cut the throttle to idle, the plane made a very quick reversal as though I pulled the elevator for a loop, went inverted, and started heading in the opposite direction from me, about 100 feet up.

Because I didn't have a lot of experience, my brain just wasn't ready for this and I really didn't know what to do next. I managed to roll it upright, but it was still headed in the opposite direction, and rather quickly, I might add. I tried to turn it to come back, but as soon as I rolls left, it stalled out and headed in a spiral down and crashed.

What I didn't realize that the whole mess could have been avoided if I came in with about 1/4 throttle, and if I had added throttle as it was going away from me, I would have been able to make a coordinated left turn and headed back to the runway. But, little experience equals broken airplane.

CGr.