Pilot Error — Bill Knox

The pilot was still alive when they pulled him out, but his passenger was dead. Pieces of the single-engined four-seater Beagle Pup were scattered in and around Fortrose, yet, in spite ofall the mess, Chief Inspector Colin Thane expected it to be a straightforward aircrash. However, Thane was wrong, and it was soon clear that more serious crimes were hidden in the wreckage ofthe plane and also in a small flying club in the Highlands.