Pilot reports control failure, lands light aircraft on golf course in South Africa
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Pilot Mujurizi Atuhaise reported that the controls of a light aircraft from a flight school failed during a flight from Gqeberha to George on 15 October 2026.
He chose to land the aircraft at Pezula Golf Course near Knysna, where it slid about 40 metres on wet grass before stopping on a mound, and neither the pilot nor the passenger were injured.