Pilot killed in Thailand light aircraft accident

[Mike Flynn]

Local press here in Thailand reporting Austrian pilot fatality and German passenger injured following accident near Eastern Airfield in Chonburi.

The pilot of the two-seater aircraft was identified as 50-year-old Austrian Stefan Molnar. The injured passenger Christian Leonardo Schuf, 51,suffered serious injuries to his both legs and was rushed to hospital.

Relevant authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40034663

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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349854

[CISTRS]

It's strange how object in an otherwise clear landing field act as magnets for stressed pilots.
Trees, tractors, winches, other aircraft, etc in particular to student glider pilots.

[Del Prado]

It's strange how object in an otherwise clear landing field act as magnets for stressed pilots.
Trees, tractors, winches, other aircraft, etc in particular to student glider pilots.

Drivers, cyclists, parachutists and skiers, etc do it too.
Under movement that you are controlling, you tend to travel towards the thing you’re focused on, objects/obstructions tend to catch your attention making a collision inevitable.
Always look to the clear space - difficult to remember in times of stress though.


wkipedia explains Target Fixation better than me…

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation

[ShyTorque]

We have a lot of single track roads in this area but mostly just wide enough for two vehicles to pass with care. It’s important to look at the nearside gutter, rather than an oncoming vehicle. Some obviously haven’t learned that yet, judging by the SUV drivers who drive straight down the middle!

[Krystal n chips]

It's strange how object in an otherwise clear landing field act as magnets for stressed pilots.
Trees, tractors, winches, other aircraft, etc in particular to student glider pilots.

See also, encounter with red / white painted scaffolding pole barrier on taxi way (although he had already demonstrated "if " would become "when".)...not a student and no stress involved...just :mad: "airmanship "....flew into the barrier with unerring accuracy in fact.

Or maybe Chipmunk vs Rugby posts at Catterick...said C'munk, having landed, successfully, was taxiing to aerotow landed out on sports field glider when...alas.

Post shaped dent in C'munk L/E did not cause any subsequent handling problems.

[Mike Flynn]

You have to fly here and see the limited options after an engine failure.
Many of the fields are very small and bunded to contain irrigation of the crops.I doubt very much the pilot was distracted by the trees.

More likely he had no option but to find a gap which in this case resulted in the tragedy.