# NTSB ERA25LA145: Wild Sky Goat, N372WS, Chester, CT, March 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: March 14, 2025, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Chester, CT · 800 ft off runway end.
- Location: 41.3837° N, 72.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER (SNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB coordinates: 41, -72 (estimated), outside the stated state
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3837&lon=-72.5058&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO, Rotech Flight Safety Inc.
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199870
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA145
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199870/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA145

## Preliminary report

On March 14, 2025, about 1515 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Wild Sky Goat light-sport aircraft, N372WS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chester, Connecticut. The commercial pilot sustained fatal injuries. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness at the airport reported that weather conditions were “very gusty” at the time of the accident. The witness observed the pilot attempt a landing before initiating a go-around. As the aircraft climbed above the treetops, it collided with a tree and descended below the tree line. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors responded to the scene and examined the wreckage. The aircraft came to rest on its side at the base of a tree. Substantial damage was noted to the fuselage and sail wing. The wreckage was recovered and retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Wild Sky GOAT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=06001AH), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Wild Sky GOAT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=06001AH), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N372WS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N372WS), registered now, S/N 1731, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILD SKY LLC GOAT
- Registry model: [Wild Sky GOAT](https://openairdocs.org/model/wild-sky-goat) (registry code 069002O) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (registry code 55569, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Weight-shift
- Serial number: 1731
- Year built: 2024
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: SNC, Chester, runway 17/35, 2,722 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: KSNC, 32 nm away
- METAR: METAR KSNC 142015Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM CLR 13/M01 A3012 RMK AO2

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250314002589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250314002589A), Mar 14, 2025: Wild Sky LLC GOAT, Deep River, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 14 March 2025, at 2200(z) the FAA received a preliminary notice regarding an accident involving a Wild sky Goat aircraft crashing on departure for unknown…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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