AAIB investigation to Ikarus C42 FB100, G-CDNR
Loss of control on takeoff, near Burrows Lane, Middle Stoke, Kent, 20 March 2016.
Summary:
The pilot, who was converting to three-axis microlights, was flying solo following three training flights that morning. The aircraft was seen to become airborne and then climb very steeply, achieving an extreme nose-up attitude described by a witness as 鈥渉anging on the prop鈥�. The left wing dropped and the aircraft descended, colliding with high tension power cables adjacent to the runway. It then struck the ground and an intense post-crash fire broke out. The pilot was fatally injured.
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Published 11 May 2017