Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But Aviation Consumer's Editor at Large Paul Bertorelli's look at the accident record of these airplanes confirms what many skeptics worried about: they suffer more crashes than standard category aircraft. This video—which is a follow-on to the LSA safety report article in the August 2018 Aviation Consumer—explains why.
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