And to correct my belief from earlier, I don’t believe the pilot meant to perform aerobatics. I think his wing dipped (strong tail wind) and he may have been fighting a stall.

He was not in a practice area. I don’t have a sectional at my disposal right now but as a pilot in this area, I know that area is not for aerobatics. The closeset area for that I can think of is northeast of KREI. He would of still been in the KCNO Delta airspace until just before the fateful maneuver. From my…

I watched the entire event. He pulled up slightly while approaching NSWC Corona. He then began and right hand rolling maneuver. Once he was upside down the engines sputtered (likely gravity fed) and he lurched the remaining roll out while pulling back (due to his flight attitude, this pointed the nose to the ground).…