Deceased
AA
Demographics
male
Date of death
2016-03-21
Finding date
2018-11-30
Cause of death
Exact cause of death remains undetermined
AI-generated summary
In March 2016, AA, a pilot, intentionally crashed his small aircraft into the Pacific Ocean approximately 10-15 kilometres northeast of Cape Byron, New South Wales. The exact cause of death remains undetermined, but the manner of death was ruled intentionally self-inflicted. There was no clinical involvement in this case. The coroner made recommendations to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regarding improvements to medical fitness assessment for pilots, specifically: amending indemnification regulations to encourage wider good faith reporting of medical fitness concerns, and enabling information sharing between CASA and the Commonwealth regarding PBS/MBS prescribing data for medical certificate applicants.
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