Pilot Safety
Keeping ourselves and others safe on the ground (and in the air)
Accident statistics
Free flight is a serious activity, and we all need to set our primary objective as landing safely.
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There have been two fatalities in the Canterbury-West Coast region in the last decade, and a number of very serious accidents.
This page links you to useful information to help you achieve that.
Other useful airspace around Canterbury
G951 - Torlesse Range
This is an indicative outline of the airspace area G951 which can be opened on request by Christchurch air traffic control. When G951 is opened, we have a maximum altitude of 9500 feet over Torlesse range.
Think like a pilot
NZHGPA is running a safety campaign to get each of us as pilots to consider.
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My environment
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My Plan
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Myself
There is an excellent set of resources here:
Useful Links
Airspace
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Weather
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CHGPC Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/chgpc
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Landowners Code
http://www.nzhgpa.org.nz/visiting-pilots
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‘Hike & Fly‘ Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/flyhikenz
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Accident statistics
Free flight is a serious activity, and we all need to set our primary objective as landing safely.
​
There have been two fatalities in the Canterbury-West Coast region in the last decade, and a number of very serious accidents.
This page links you to useful information to help you achieve that.