The Tragedy of CFIT CAA ACCIDENT REPORT – 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: 07 October 2005
Time of Accident: 1330Z
Aircraft Registration: ZS-NIE
Type of Aircraft: Cessna 172L
Pilot Licence: Private
Licence Valid: Yes
Age: 22
Total Flying Hours: 70.6
Hours on Type: 60.0
Last Point of Departure: Nelspruit Aerodrome
Next Point of Intended Landing: Rand Aerodrome
Location of the Accident Site: approximately 100 metres below the mountain peak at Tafelkop, Kaapse Hoop, elevation 5471 feet.
Meteorological Information: Adverse weather conditions. Overcast cloud base less than 1000 ft AGL, temperature 18°C, wind 360/10
Number of people on board: 1+2
No. of people injured: 0
No. of people killed: 3
SYNOPSIS
On 07 October 2005 at approximately 1305Z, the pilot,
