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AAIB report: Luton LA4A Minor, fatal accident

Luton LA4A Minor (G-AWMN) fatal accident during private flight near Belchamp Walter, Essex.

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皇冠体育app pilot was conducting a test flight to renew the aircraft鈥檚 Permit to Fly. While climbing away from the runway, the aircraft was observed to bank to the right and then descend steeply to the ground.

It was not possible to definitively determine the cause of the accident. It is possible that the engine stopped producing power due to carburettor icing which led to a stall from which the aircraft was not able to recover. 皇冠体育app investigation also identified that, despite wire locking being present, the barrel from an aileron flight control turnbuckle was missing, but it could not be determined if this had been missing prior to the accident.

Read the report.

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Published 19 September 2019