Aircraft Registration ZS-SNN Date of Incident 12 September 2014 Time of Incident 17.10Z Type of Aircraft Diamond DA 20-C1 (Aeroplane) Type of Operation Training (Part 141) PIC License Type Student Pilot Licence Valid Yes Age 34 PIC Total Hours 52.1 Hours on Type 52.1Read More →
EXERCISE 5: Taxying In the olden days when everything was black and white, the RAF taught me that a taxying accident is unforgivable. Their exact words. Now, fast forward to the 1960s and the subject comes up again. I am enjoying a chat with Phil Smullian, the boss of AirRead More →
Jim Davis Yep, we are still thinking about engine food. When we started down this road, I had no idea it was going to take five times longer than any other part of the stuff instructors should bestow upon their congregations. Let’s start with the story behind Joe’s cartoon –Read More →
Jim Davis This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability. CAA’s report contains padding and repetition so, in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively. Date and Time of Accident: 15 September 2013 1030Z Aircraft Registration: ZS-DWJ Type of Aircraft: Piper Cherokee 235Read More →
Twin Training Troubles – Twice This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability. CAA’s report contains padding and repetition, so in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively. Aircraft registration: ZS-FET Aircraft owner Cape Aero Club Date and time of accident: 25 April 2006; 1200ZRead More →
More Fuelish Mistakes Instructors, instructors, instructors – this is for you (and everyone else). Most engine ‘failures’ aren’t – they are pilot failures. To a large extent this means instructor failures. Instructors are often not good at teaching the relationship between fuel management and life-expectancy. And, of course, to manageRead More →
If the carburettor is the heart of your aircraft – the fuel is its lifeblood. When an engine stops without warning or prodigal noises, the problem is that it’s not getting a steady supply of nice clean fuel. This is mainly for instructors – but fuel and its management areRead More →
Jim Davis – Aircraft Accident Report • This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability. • CAA’s report contains padding and repetition, so in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively. Aircraft registration: ZS-EIV Date and time of accident: 3 May 1999 0445Z Type ofRead More →
JIM DAVIS – Some philosophers hold that we have no free will – we are propelled through life by our genes and our experiences. If that is the case, then I had no choice but to be a flying instructor. GENETICALLY, I AM EXTREMELY LAZY, easily bored, and strongly resistantRead More →
FROM A CAA ACCIDENT report released on 16 May 2022: On 28 October 2021, the pilot of a Rand KR-2 two-seat high-performance aircraft with registration ZS-UKU took off on a private flight from Kitty Hawk Aerodrome (FAKT). Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the flight. According toRead More →
