One Singaporean killed in air-crash in Malaysia. I hope DCA Malaysia shut FRAS Flying Club immediately.
A Singaporean was killed after a Cessna light aircraft he was piloting crashed in an oil palm smallholding in Kampung Parit Puasa, Ayer Baloi, here today, according to police.
Pontian Police deputy chief DSP Tan Moh Chuan said the pilot had been identified as Samuel Ling Shi Min, 24, of the FRAS Flying Club.
He said Ling’s body had been taken to Pontian Hospital.
The police were alerted to the crash at 2.10pm, he said, adding that they had left it to the Department of Civil Aviation to conduct further investigations.
An eyewitness, Mohd Shafian Buang, 15, said he saw the plane circling in the air before crashing in the oil palm smallholding about 100 metres in front of his house.
“I was sweeping rubbish when I saw the aircraft circling and then crash,” he said.
He said he heard a loud bang, and then ran to the scene with several neighbours but did not get close to the aircraft for fear that it would explode because they smelt fuel.
Mohd Shafian said he related the incident to his uncle who notified the police.
It's not a cessna, its their LSA AT4 Light Sport Aircraft. Reg 9M-EYM Heartfelt condolence to his family and let's not speculate on this till the facts is out. Meanwhile fly safe everyone....
The safety of the polish made aircraft seems reasonable. A through investigation should shed some light on the cause of accident. Was it a plane problem or pilot error...
Condolences to his family and friends, and as always, lets not speculate anything. Just wait for the official reports to come out and we will know what happened. let's just leave the investigation to the professionals, and in the mean while everyone, fly safely...
His facebook post (mentioned above) gives cause for concern. He admits to performing max rate turns starting at 2500ft with a recovery at 300ft for no other reason other than being bored!
DCA airlaw is very similar to ours, there is the 500ft law. Contrary to our media suggesting that a talented young man was killed due to flying in JB on old planes or bad instructing, it is probably due to his own actions.
I believe no instructors will ever teach those stunts he did on his first few area solo. Throughout 8 years of flying I nv bank my wings past 60AOB, not even once.
Reason for what he did was that he was bored and wanted to seek excitement as well as to try to spot the potian wanton mee stall. On his blog he mentioned that the stall warning on 9M-EYM was fault. It may have played a part in the crash of the aircraft.
It may be possible that while banking the aircraft steeply, the AT4 loses airspeed rapidly and he didn't notice due to inop stall warning. The aircraft when into a stall and a spin immd due to wing down. This may match what the eye witness description of the aircraft circling as it goes down.
I believe no instructors will ever teach those stunts he did on his first few area solo.
First area solo and he should have been practicing what's in the syllabus for the issue of a PPL. Perhaps a few steep turns at 45 or 60 degrees AoB, climbing descending turns, medium level turns etc. But according to the link above, he was bored and decided to do a turn at 120 degrees AoB which pretty much means he's rolled the aircraft inverted, and expected to recover at 300 ft AGL?? All this at probably 20 hours TT? I've been a flight instructor in the past and have about 1000 hours instructional flight time and I've never heard of any maneuver that requires a 120 degree AoB.
I wonder whether the playing on flight sim on the home PC have given student pilots a false sense of confidence these days to try such maneuvers.
I wonder if the type of aircraft he flew also led to create a sense of adventure - after all, with a bubble canopy and control stick, he might have decided that he was in a fighter instead. It's still terribly tragic, but from that link above, I can't help but feel that something was always going to happen at some point
Yet another reminder to all pilots, current and potential, to always respect the limitation of skills and aircraft, the rules and regulations, and the weather. Flying is fun, but can be unforgiving too.
Singaporean dies in Cessna crash (29 July 2012)
I've been a flight instructor in the past and have about 1000 hours instructional flight time and I've never heard of any maneuver that requires a 120 degree AoB. 
