Ultralight crash likely due to loose bolt - TSB
Transportation Safety Bureau of Canada releases investigation report on July 19 single-seater aircraft crash in Burtts Corner that claimed life of retired engineer Ray St-Laurent
A bolt falling out of a key control mechanism in a one-seater aircraft likely caused the ultralight to crash outside Fredericton last summer, killing the pilot, Canada’s transportation safety agency reports.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada released its investigation report Wednesday morning into a fatal air crash near Fredericton on July 19.
A single-seater, electrically powered ultralight aircraft did a nosedive into a corn field in Burtts Corner just before noon that day, killing retired Fredericton engineer and amateur pilot Ray St-Laurent, 74, of Fredericton.
The wreckage of the yellow aircraft was visible behind a farmhouse just along Route 104 in Burtts Corner.