reported on duty particularly early at approximately 0635 hours on the day of accident. He had scheduled an early morning flight. Air Traffic Control (ATC) records indicated that BWL initially took off from runway 14 of HKNW at 0804 hours with two persons on board – the CFI and a student pilot. They did approximately 40 minutes of circuit training flights at HKNW before landing at 0843 hours. The aircraft was then taxied to Apron 1 of the Airport where another Student Pilot (SP) was waiting for his flight. The second flight on BWL was to involve the same CFI but with a different student. According to Skylink, the SP was ready for his first solo and needed a senior and more experienced FI for The senior FI would assess the SP’s performance and if satisfied, clear him for first solo. The purpose of the flight, therefore, was to assess the SP’s readiness for release on first solo. They were to perform normal check-out takeoffs and landings on both runways 14 and 07. The flight was a second attempt at first-solo check-out for the SP. The student was reported to have failed in the first attempt at first solo checkout and needed to undergo further training before being released for the second attempt at first solo checkout. Between approximately 0845 hours and 0854 hours, Skylink ground personnel checked the fuel level on BWL after the first flight. The aircraft had approximately 75 liters and it was topped up with 66 liters of Avgas by a Shell bowser truck under the supervision of the CFI and Skylink ground personnel. The SP was
reported on duty particularly early at approximately 0635 hours on the day of accident. He had scheduled an early morning flight. Air Traffic Control (ATC) records indicated that BWL initially took off from runway 14 of HKNW at 0804 hours with two persons on board – the CFI and a student pilot. They did approximately 40 minutes of circuit training flights at HKNW before landing at 0843 hours. The aircraft was then taxied to Apron 1 of the Airport where another Student Pilot (SP) was waiting for his flight. The second flight on BWL was to involve the same CFI but with a different student. According to Skylink, the SP was ready for his first solo and needed a senior and more experienced FI for The senior FI would assess the SP’s performance and if satisfied, clear him for first solo. The purpose of the flight, therefore, was to assess the SP’s readiness for release on first solo. They were to perform normal check-out takeoffs and landings on both runways 14 and 07. The flight was a second attempt at first-solo check-out for the SP. The student was reported to have failed in the first attempt at first solo checkout and needed to undergo further training before being released for the second attempt at first solo checkout. Between approximately 0845 hours and 0854 hours, Skylink ground personnel checked the fuel level on BWL after the first flight. The aircraft had approximately 75 liters and it was topped up with 66 liters of Avgas by a Shell bowser truck under the supervision of the CFI and Skylink ground personnel. The SP was
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