Canada’s aviation safety agency is warning ultralight aircraft owners to make sure modifications are manufacturer-approved after investigating a fatal crash last year in northeastern British Columbia.
The Transportation Safety Board says the crash happened on June 25, 2023, when a two-seat Savannah aircraft crashed into Simpson Lake southwest of Chetwynd, B.C.
The only person aboard, the pilot and owner of the ultralight, was killed in the crash.
Investigators say an examination of the wreckage found the ultralight had an engine upgrade kit and some modifications to its wings, neither of which were approved by the manufacturer.
The TSB report says the changes were made by a previous owner, and purchase documents that were supposed to serve as a declaration of the plane’s airworthiness had “no names, dates, or signatures of the previous or new owner.”…