Machtuk:
Hate to imagine how many I incidents like this and others occur out there out of sight out of mind that go unreported?
...and the poor quality of ATSB reports and the capricious responses of CASA, as evidenced in the Forsyth review, will only increase the unreported numbers. So much for safety.
Two safety lessons from the Sunfish collection that as far as I know were not reported or published as lessons learned:
- Don’t stuff rags or paper in aircraft orifices to temporarily plug them, use bright red approved covers if required.
- Don’t try demonstrating STOL landing techniques by carrying out a touch and go.