On another thread of this forum the publication of the accident report by the BEA on the 2012 G IV crash in Le Castellet has been announced.
The report reveals that this was due to pilot error. Error of omission in not arming the spoilers and error of commission in forcing down the nose wheel on to the tarmac.
The 60 year old career PIC was highly experienced with over 22000 Hrs.to his credit.
The report explains how the accident occurred but does not say why. So common to most accidents involving pilot error. It is just another example of the fallibility of humans, to err. The question is when and under what circumstances when the risk for error is high. The extremities of this is when everything is just so easy and perfect and the normal defence mechanisms are not called into action and the other extreme is when work load and stress is very high. I believe this particular accident is a sad demonstration of the everything easy end of the error risk spectrum.