20250927019409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Toop Thomas A GLASAIR SUPER II FT · Wallkill, NY · September 27, 2025

Date
September 27, 2025 · 14:30 local
Place
Wallkill, NY
Airport
Kobelt
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45BT
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25FA367
Reported as
Toop Thomas A Glasair Super II FT
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-360-B1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed runway 03. Upon rotation the aircraft began a left turn impacting a windsock. This caused the aircraft to further impact terrain and come to rest west of the runway resulting in post impact fire.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 03. UPON ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN IMPACTING A WINDSOCK. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FURTHER IMPACT TERRAIN AND COME TO REST WEST OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN POST IMPACT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.