Air accident investigators have published their own report into the fatal helicopter crash which killed its millionaire pilot.

The inquest into the death of Colin Sanders, 50, of Souldern Manor, near Bicester, recorded a verdict of misadventure when it was held in July.

The nine-page Air Accidents Investigation Branch report which was published on Thursday outlined in greater technical detail what was said during the Oxford inquest.

The report also found that the most likely cause of the accident on January 28 was that Mr Sanders became disorientated as he flew through mist.

The report said that climbing through those conditions may have created "the illusion of tumbling backwards" in Mr Sanders's mind making him take unnecessary action to correct it.

It added: "To correct this the pilot would have moved the cyclic pitch control forward to lower the helicopter's nose, thus intensifying the original false impress- ion.

"It was found that the steep descent took six seconds and the speed increased to 80 knots."

The report concluded that Mr Sanders tried to take corrective action seconds before impact.

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