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During flight, the rear base bar control wires disconnected from the wing keel tube when the securing bolt dropped out of the keel tube. The pilot managed to land the aircraft, but the right wing and propeller were severely damaged. The manufacturer has issued replacement bolts, castellated nut and cotter pin, updated the design drawings and added a pre-flight check of the keel fitting to the Pilots Operating Manual.

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Flylight Nine, G-CMRF 04-24

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