Two men were seriously injured in the incident near Prestwick in April.
Part of a light aircraft's engine iced up before the machine suffered a loss of power and crashed, accident investigators have said.
A pilot, who had only intended to be a passenger on the flight, took over the controls and attempted to glide the plane to a runway at Prestwick Airport.Those onboard, two men aged 65 and 75, were seriously injured in the incidentIn a new report, the Air Accident Investigation Branch said it was likely ice affected the aircraft's carburettor and caused the engine to stop.The 75-year-old man had taken the aircraft on a short flight to meet his flying club's rules on time spent flying.
He was accompanied by the other pilot, the 65-year-old man, because he did not want to fly solo due to a medical condition. The report said this other pilot decided to take control of the aircraft when it got into difficulty because he believed the engine issue had gone unnoticed.But control was lost when a wing hit a tree and the aircraft crashed nose down.Part of its tail became entangled in a barbed wire fence and one of the wings broke off.A coastguard helicopter and emergency services were sent to the scene.
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