An elderly pilot who was seriously injured in a microlight crash may have felt pressure to fly, it has been suggested.

Peter Stubberfield, 91, was trapped in the plane for more than two hours after the crash in July last year.

Now, an accident report suggests he may have been influenced by the fact an airstrip operator had taken time to help him prepare the aircraft.

A nearby dog walker described how the Pegasus Quantum 15 was "a bit wobbly" and travelling "too fast and at too acute an angle" as it came in to land at East Haxted Farm Airstrip.

He was left in the plane, tangled in foliage 15ft above the ground, while emergency crews worked to free him.

The pensioner, who had been flying microlights for at least 20 years, suffered multiple injuries, including three broken ribs, bruising to his chest, cuts to his neck, and serious injuries to both thumbs.

He was initially taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital, but was later transferred to a London facility.

An investigation was subsequently launched by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB).