Second Look: Why Light Sport Aircraft Suffer So Many Crashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_rRus-X9k

Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But in this republication of AVweb’s analysis of the accident record of these airplanes, the data confirms what many skeptics worried about: They suffer more crashes than standard category aircraft. This video explains why.

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