The Fight of their Lives
Jim Davis has 15,000 hours of immensely varied flying experience, including 10,000 hours civil and military flying instruction. He is an established author, his current projects being an instructors’ manual and a collection of Air Accident analyses, called ‘Choose not to Crash’.
This discussion contains extracts from the SACAA’s accident report. It is compiled in the interest of promoting aviation safety and is not to establish legal liability.
Date of Accident: 23 November 2000
Time of Accident: 0840z
Aircraft Registration: ZS-EFZ
Type of Aircraft: Cessna 185D
Type of Operation: Unauthorized Training Flight Pilot-in-command
Licence Type: Commercial
Age: 23
Ratings Grade lll
Total Flying Hours: 1017
Total Hours on Type: 179.8
Total on Type Past 90 Days: 38.3.
Circuit and landing instruction on type: 4.5 hours.
Pilot under conversion training
Age: 21
Flying Experience
Total Hours: 206.4
Total on Type: 6.6 (Dual)
Last point of departure: Rand Airport
Next point of intended landing: Syferfontein
Location of the accident site: Approximately 600 meters from the threshold of runway 31
Meteorological Information: Weather, fine; Density Altitude approx. 7000 feet.
