Beach Jogger Killed In Lancair Emergency Landing

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The pilot of a Lancair that was spewing oil made an emergency landing on a beach in Hilton Head, S.C., about 6 p.m. on Monday and a 38-year-old man who was jogging along the shore was struck from behind and killed. The pilot of the Lancair IV-P, an experimental airplane, was en route from Orlando, Fla., to Norfolk, Va., with one passenger on board at about 13,000 feet, when the engine began to leak oil, obscuring the windshield. At some point the propeller was lost -- some reports said it came off in flight, others said during the landing. The two men on board the airplane, who were not identified, were not harmed. News photos show the intact Lancair in the water up to its belly. The jogger, who was listening to an iPod, was identified by the Associated Press as Robert Jones of Woodstock, Ga.

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Rosstafari Daaaang. /X

Bizarre. I guess if I had to pick the way I'm gonna go, that'd be an option.

lunchbox Asst to Regional Manager Port Orange, FL

wow. bad luck indeed.

mikecoyne34 Trusted Contributor BNA

it was just his time to go.

atcbrownie Trusted Member Warrenton Va

this is why I don't run lol

Cessna65866 Newcomer Sunshine State

This is why I dont have an i pod !

DotsonUSAF Rookie Little Rock, AR

I worked a midair collision back in '08. Two cessna's collided over a car dealership and a chunk of the landing gear fell through the roof and struck a worker in the head, killing him instantly. If he had been 3 ft to left or right he would have been fine. What made it even more bizzare was that it was his day off and he was covering the shift for a friend who called in sick.

Now THAT is bad luck.

No one else besides the guy on the ground and those in the planes were killed.

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DotsonUSAF Rookie Little Rock, AR

FYI: Press Enterprise is stupid, it was 5 dead, not 4.

Roddy_Piper Resident Knucklehead Vegas baby

not sure why but this reminds me of Dante from Clerks. "I'm not even supposed to be here today"

PapaGolf Senior Member Biscuit

I'm interested to see the litigation following this, if the estate of the beach jogger will sue the pilots or not. Could they not see where they were landing?