Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:32 pm
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I guess most of us who trained at and fly from Fairoaks know which aircraft this is. Glad nobody was hurt.
The lesson I would take from this is; when you head off for a quick bimble towards the south coast or in your local area, do you have a plan in mind if your home airfield suddenly closes?
Do you know your alternates (have you even landed at them?)
Do you have plenty of fuel or did you go with minimums for your "quick bimble"
Did you head off knowing the weather was closing in but were comfortable because you only needed 30mins and were staying close to base?
etc, etc.
I guess it applies mostly to less experienced pilots like myself (PPL, 170 hours) but I think everyone gets complacent from time to time and this incident is a useful reminder to stay ahead of things
The lesson I would take from this is; when you head off for a quick bimble towards the south coast or in your local area, do you have a plan in mind if your home airfield suddenly closes?
Do you know your alternates (have you even landed at them?)
Do you have plenty of fuel or did you go with minimums for your "quick bimble"
Did you head off knowing the weather was closing in but were comfortable because you only needed 30mins and were staying close to base?
etc, etc.
I guess it applies mostly to less experienced pilots like myself (PPL, 170 hours) but I think everyone gets complacent from time to time and this incident is a useful reminder to stay ahead of things
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