No matter who or what ultimately turns out to be the cause of the doubly fatal crash of a Cubcrafters Carbon Cub light sport aircraft at the Everitt airport in Colorado on 23 April, it will likely be too little too late to convince a certain group of Colorado children that general aviation isn't a fundamentally treacherous endeavour.
According to the NTSB's preliminary accident report, the pilot of the Carbon Cub (N143FJ) was at the airport that windy Saturday afternoon to "give a demonstration flight" to a group of Girl Scouts.
"An adult member of the group told the pilot he had never flown in a light airplane before, and he was invited to accompany the pilot," the investigator writes.
What happened next was captured by a cell phone video -- and the memories of a bunch of unfortunate kids, I'm guessing.
The video shows the Carbon Cub taking off an "assuming a steep climb angle", says the NTSB. "The airplane leveled off, appeared to be stationary momentarily, then fall off on its right wing and spin to the ground. High winds prevailed at the time of the accident."
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