Thanks for the great tales Con pilot and Centaurus, they add much appreciated colour to the forum!
Con-Pilot. While the forum is called Accidents and Close Calls, it seems to me the forum so far has failed to attract much interest in the two subjects.. It may be because the relating of accidents and close calls are sometimes regarded as a line shooting exercise and most pilots tend to shy away from that.
I'll hope that this forum builds inertia over time, and becomes a repository for experience to be shared. As pilot read these valuable tales, they will retain themes, and me more inclined to think as they fly! Accidents will be prevented when pilots think as they fly!