# Flight school aircraft linked to five serious incidents since 2019

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watchdogs-have-probed-five-incidents-involving-planes-at-fatal-crash-flying-school/
- Published: 2026-10-24T17:02:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T17:23:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16235769/Watchdogs-probed-FIVE-incidents-involving-planes-fatal-crash-flying-school.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Five incidents involving the school’s aircraft were investigated since 2019.
- The fatal crash killed a student and his instructor.
- The crash plane had recently been in maintenance.

## Summary

An investigation found that aircraft owned by Leading Edge Flight Training had been involved in at least five serious incidents investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Branch since 2019. The revelations follow a crash near Drymen, Scotland, that killed 16-year-old student pilot Ryan Sprott and his 80-year-old instructor, Ian Haggis, prompting questions about the school’s safety record.

The incidents included aircraft overturning after landing short, veering off a runway, an engine fire, a flight taking off with its towbar attached, and a plane’s wrong-way manoeuvre that forced a British Airways jet to abort its landing. The Piper Tomahawk involved in the fatal crash had been in maintenance from 28 September until the day it crashed on 16 October. Police and the AAIB are investigating; the article also reports that former staff raised concerns about aircraft condition.

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