AN INQUEST was due to begin today into the death of a man who was killed when a private jet crashed into a house.
Christopher Allarton, 25, from Newark, was the youngest of five men killed in the incident.
The Cessna Citation 500 plane plunged into a suburban cul de sac on March 30, 2008, causing a major fire which destroyed a property on Romsey Close, in Farnborough, Kent.
The garage of a neighbouring house and a car parked next to it were also destroyed by the impact and fire. No-one on the ground was injured.
A report last year by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the aircraft departed from Biggin Hill airport in Kent bound for Pau, in south-west France.
One minute into the flight, the pilot transmitted a message saying they were making an immediate return to Biggin Hill.
The report said that it was probable that a mechanical failure within the air cycle machine – part of the mechanism which helps with cabin ventilation – caused engine vibration which led the crew to try to make the return.
The report also said a rivet head securing the left engine fuel cut-off lever had become detached at some time before the crash and "may have led to an inadvertent shutdown of that (left-side) engine."
At the time of the crash Mr Allarton had just left university and was celebrating a new job at Apex Motorsport. His girlfriend Jane Oswin, who he met at university, came from Wollaton.
The inquest, which is expected to last a few days, will be held at Bromley Civic Centre from 10am.
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