No mention of pilot error

[vulcanised]

I find that a little odd. No way was it a blunder but I can't see the pilot being totally blameless?

BBC News - Nayland airfield aircraft crash blamed on tailwind

[NigelOnDraft]

"Pilot Error" is really a term not used any longer in reports. Accidents are invariably a combination of factors, and pilot decisions / (in)actions are some of those factors. The aim is not to cast "blame" (as the term 'Pilot Error') does, but prevent repetition.

I think the pilot sums it up well:

He said it would have been prudent to have discontinued the landing attempt in the prevailing tailwind conditions.

NoD

[DavidWoodward]

I was just about to say what airpolice has said. It reads as if it was all submitted by the pilot and not an AAIB investigation as such.

[scrambled]

Who is to blame ?

Why would we want to blame anyone ? It is a rare pilot who hasn't a bag full of close shave stories. Why else is ' I learned about flying from that' so successful ?

There are a few who are blissfully ignorant. Then there are the rest......... .

Safe flying.