The Inevitable Graveyard Spiral CAA ACCIDENT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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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
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
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