SetStaticMesh causes pawn to be deleted after constructor is finished. How do I fix this?

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Hello. I am just starting out with learning the C++ side of UE4 and I’m already running into some trouble.

I am just trying to create a basic C++ class for an object with a SceneComponent and a StaticMeshComponent. That is it.

The Scene component is created just fine, but calling SetStaticMesh for the other component causes the object to mysteriously delete itself so that BeginPlay is never reached. I receive no error messages. When the line is commented out, I can still set the mesh manually in the Details panel of the UE4 editor just fine. What am I doing wrong here?

Here is the constructor code for my pawn:

APlayerOne::APlayerOne()
    {
     	// Set this pawn to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
    	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

    	
    	//// Gather the assets.
    
    	// Locator for the player's mesh.
    	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UStaticMesh> P1MeshAssetLoc(
    		TEXT("StaticMesh'/Game/meshes/player/cube_1.cube_1'"));
    
    	if (P1MeshAssetLoc.Succeeded())
    	{
    		P1MeshAsset = P1MeshAssetLoc.Object;
    	}
    	else
    	{
    		GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.0f, FColor::Red, TEXT("Error: Asset not found."));
    	}
    
    
    	//// Create the components.
    
    	// Create the scene component.
    	SceneComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<USceneComponent>(
    		TEXT("SceneComponent"));
    	RootComponent = SceneComponent;
    
    	// Create the visual mesh component.
    	if (P1MeshAsset)
    	{
    		VisualMeshComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(
    			TEXT("VisualMeshComponent"));
    
    		VisualMeshComponent->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
    		VisualMeshComponent->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
    
    		VisualMeshComponent->SetStaticMesh(P1MeshAsset);
    		VisualMeshComponent->SetRelativeLocation(FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
    		VisualMeshComponent->SetWorldScale3D(FVector(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f));
    	}
    
    }
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Found the solution. I checked the logger and found that the object wouldn’t be created because it was colliding with another object. I disabled collision for the static mesh component and now it works.