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Kitplane
AircraftUnsecured Cockpit Door Focus of NTSB Probe Into Fatal RV-10 Crash
Witness told investigators that as the Van’s kitplane cleared the end of the runway, he saw an arm reach up and pull down the open left-side, gull-wing door.
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