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    The Inevitable Graveyard Spiral CAA ACCIDENT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    Oct 18, 2019 6 minutes

    Aiming to makesafer pilots of us, here veteran instructor Jim Davis looks at extracts from official CAA Accident Reports from his homeland of South Africa and analyses why things went wrong and how we may all avoid making similar mistakes.

    Aircraft Registration: ZS-KOW

    Date of Accident:3 November 2006

    Time of Accident: 1240Z

    Type of Aircraft: Cessna 182Q

    Type of Operation: Private

    Pilot-in-command

    Licence Type: Private

    Age: 40

    Licence Valid: Yes

    Pilot-in-command Flying

    Experience: Total Hours 69.6

    Hours on Type: 7

    Last point of departure: Virginia

    Aerodrome

    Next point of intended landing: Ladysmith Aerodrome (FALY)

    Location of accident: Sigodiphola, north-west of Durban

    Meteorological Information: the Durban area was covered by cloud, covering the high ground to the North-west of Durban.

    Number of people on board: 1 + 0

    No. of people injured: 0

    No. of people killed: 1

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