To the original poster, it's such a shame that a genuine, if somewhat elementary request, has generated the rubbish that's followed...
To be more specific than I was formerly, if you want to avoid death or injury in a light aircraft, don't get into one. If you do get into one, understand the level of risk involved. As the UK regulator won't help you understand this (they wanted to, but commercial pressure and poor stats prevented it), you might want to look elsewhere (eg 'down under') try to get a grip on it.
By the way, llan-fool, 'pilot error' is extremely rare. Human error amongst aviators is many thousand times more common.