In Bad Condition CAA AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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’.
Date of Accident: 22 December 2010
Registration: ZS-JXE
Time of Accident: 1520Z
Type of Aircraft: Cessna R172 K
Type of Operation: Private
Pilot-in-command
Licence Type: Private
Age: 65
Licence Valid: Yes
Total Flying Hours: 503.3
Hours on Type: 459.2
Last point of departure:
Kitty Hawk
Next point of intended landing:
Kitty Hawk
Location of the accident:
Welbekend, east of Pretoria
Meteorological Information:
Surface wind 340/20.
Temperature 28°C.
Number of people on board: 1 + 0
No. of people injured: 1
No. of people killed: 0
FLIGHT HISTORY
The aircraft took off from Kitty Hawk Aerodrome on Runway 01 at 1500Z. Prior to take off the pilot
