Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
I see it differently: He said that he never saw the ferris wheel, which is hard to accept, as he is reported as doing a flyby/touch and go before the accident pass. If the pilot could do a flyby/touch and go, and not be aware that the ferris wheel was there at all, that's negligent.
The question is, where was his focus at each stage of the landing, touch and go, go around? He might have
seen the Ferris Wheel, physically, on his first touch and go, but was not truly
aware of it because his mind was focussed elsewhere - and I believe that pilots have different levels of mental capacity. Maybe you and I would have seen and been aware of the Ferris Wheel but to call him negligent because he possibly lacked the mental capacity to understand the implications of it's positioning is, I feel, a little harsh. The second time, he went around, was nose high and bang - smacked into the Ferris Wheel without knowing what he hit.