If the ultralight's owner John Guthrie had a "true and accurate" report on its condition, he never would have bought it, Carol Smith told a coronial inquest at Glebe Coroner's Court on Friday.

In a sometimes emotional address, Mrs Smith said her husband Neville and Mr Guthrie's death on January 6 2007 was avoidable.

"When people ask me how Neville died, I don't say he died in an accident.

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