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Old 15th Jul 2012, 15:57
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NTSB summary here. When he first uploaded the video he still had some others on his channel, one of which was "My first flight in a single seater" dated about a month before this flight.

If he had turned right from where he was @ 10 seconds he could have positioned himself for a reasonable approach into a couple of areas. By carrying on & hoping for the best he backed himself into a corner until the accident became inevitable. As a student pilot he shouldn't have been out of range of the airfield & if he hadn't had much field landing training it's not surprising that he fixated on trying to make it through the gap.
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