For those of you who think he's courageous for admitting fault, what else was he going to do?
What most others do, blame everyone else, the gear didn't go down, there must be a hole in the fuel tank, the dipstick was in when I checked, I was hit by a gust on landing, I remember turning the master off, I always check and so on.
Admiting a mistake and/or knowing you've made a mistake and trying to hide it are two very different decisions processes.