Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But in this republication of AVweb's analysis of the accident record of these airplanes, the data confirms what many skeptics worried about: They suffer more crashes than standard category aircraft. This video explains why.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/second-look-why-light-sport-aircraft-suffer-so-many-crashes