Flight instructor dies as his plane crashes into empty house

A single-seat aircraft crashed into an empty house in a golf resort in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district this morning. The pilot died in the accident and the house caught fire.


Firefighters found the wrecked plane stuck in the roof of the empty house, which eventually burned to the ground.


The pilot has been identified as Pudit Supawatanakul, 30, a flight instructor.


An initial investigation has found that Pudit was taking the plane for a test flight, following engine repairs, when he encountered problems.


He was possibly trying to make an emergency landing at a nearby airfield before the plane crashed.


Pudit was the administrator of the Facebook page “Bin Nun, Jer Nee: I’ve been,” which provided information about aircraft and aviation.

Flight instructor dies as his plane crashes into empty house - Thai PBS World

Cannot have been a very good flight instructor then…

Sounds like a fault with the engine, rather than a fault with the pilot.

Brakes failed?

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Sounds like a fault with the engine, rather than a fault with the pilot.

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Should have done a "Harrison Ford".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hih7B4jqsGE

‘Following engine repairs’……….

Says it all really.

It could have been a suicide. We'll probably never know.

I rather thought flying a private single engine aircraft serviced by a small airport, Thai mechanic was probably tantamount to suicide.

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Originally Posted by misskit

An initial investigation has found that Pudit was taking the plane for a test flight, following engine repairs, when he encountered problems.

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I hope he did the necessary engine ground runs first following the repairs.

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Originally Posted by Troy

I hope he did the necessary engine ground runs first following the repairs.

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Umm the plane fucking crashed. You hope? I do not think that matters now.

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Originally Posted by bsnub

Umm the plane fucking crashed.

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Had a good night on the town, Snub ?

(you forgot to swear at me, in another thread :) )

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Had a good night on the town, Snub ?

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A pretty good one, actually. Met up with a few old friends tonight.

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you forgot to swear at me, in another thread

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Actually no I didn't on that one. You had a valid comment.

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For once.

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you forgot to swear at me, in another thread

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Actually no I didn't on that one. You had a valid comment.

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You seem so balanced, that one could suspect, that you scored some pussy out there.

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For once.

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Your words; not mine

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Pudit was taking the plane for a test flight, following engine repairs

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Boeing mechanics?

Always good to stay over the airport for a bit after maintenance, or enroute and strange things are going on. Planes glide just fine if you lose power, but you do need a clear space to put it down reasonably.