Avspectator

Back to the aerody books for me!

How do I look back on the whole thing now, being an active pilot, and as I read this post ?.... Three things stand out above above all to me...... 1,....An attempted low altitude turn back after EFAT will not work, and will probabily kill you after the inside wing stalls rapidly. Maybe I'm confused here; but the inside wing in any turn left or right will have the lower angle of attack. Therefor the outside wing has the higher angle of attack and will stall first. Maybe I don't understand my aerodynamics or I didn't read the post right.

There is no Accident Investigation team in CASA. CASA does not investigate GA accidents or RA-Aus accidents. There is pretty good explanation on the Temora accident- Lessons thread.

I'm sitting here watching air crash investigator; the one about the 777 at Heathrow. Even with millions in resources it took months to resolve. I believe that RA-Aus do pass on any relevant safety information that is gleaned if it is apparent that the problem found at an accident scene could affect the rest of the fleet of a similar type. Several years ago while operating a Drifter I received an Airwortiness Notice in the mail within 48 Hrs of an accident when it was discovered a particular type of common practice at the time caused the failure of a Drifter flying wire. The fact is I believe that RA-Aus are proactive if defects are identified as a cause of an accident without waiting for Coronor or Police findings. If you don't hear anything then the problem identified, doesn't affect your type of aeroplane; or in all probability was cased by Human/Pilot Error; which is usually the case in over 90% of all aircraft accidents. As a Drifter pilot, I was very interested in following the speculation on this site of the Drifter accident a couple of years ago. I remember the clamour and calls for right to know on this site; however when the recent Coronor's finding was of human error causing the accident not many on here bothered to revisit the original postings and learn the lesson that if we don't hear anything through RA-Aus channels then in most cases it is a human error or the cause hasn't been determined. For instance had the pilot suffered a heart attack the autopsy results often take upto 8-10 weeks to become available to the investigators.