2014 North Wing Apache Sport Crash in Omro, Wisconsin (N2725T)

Accident Overview and Flight Details On July 2, 2014, at 1900 central daylight time, N2725T, a weight-shift-control experimental North Wing Design Apache Sport aircraft, lost control and struck the terrain in Omro, Wisconsin. The student pilot was fatally injured, and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The flight was a personal operation under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, originating from Wilke Field, a private airstrip in Omro, at approximately 1800. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. A witness reported seeing the aircraft in a descending spiral until it impacted the ground.