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.
Photo : Pudit Supawatanakul’s FB page
Many people have expressed their condolences on the page.
