I'm usually no great fan of ATSB reports but I don't see this report as the worst example of their recent output. The pilot had a serious medical condition reported fairly late in the piece, was taking various potent prescription drugs, was knowingly flying without a valid medical, was utilizing an aircraft (just) outside its legal maintenance regime and then
Agree, but I don't think any of these things caused the accident.
The report beats the pilot up for not reporting his medical condition to CASA, but a) have you read CASR 67.265?? Every pilot in the country would just about be ringing CASA weekly if we obeyed it and b) no thinking pilot would ever report anything any earlier to CASA than was absolutely necessary. If you're not across this then 3 minutes searching pprune will give you a litany of stories of problems with CASA Avmed. Already Minister Truss has acknowledged that Avmed is a specific problem area and c) his treating doctors (DAME and treating specialist) thought he was fit to fly.