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vossiewulf

2010-03-16 10:46:53 AM

Not an easy feat at all to deadstick land a Lancair IV-P; as private planes go, it has a high landing speed and poor glide characteristics. Deadstick landing a IV-P with no prop and oil all over the windshield so you can't really see is pretty phenomenal. It'd be a hell of a flying story if it weren't for the whole killing an innocent father of two in the process part.

Charlie Freak

2010-03-16 10:51:55 AM

Beaned by a Lancair... perhaps he should have ducked (NSFW language).

Tastes Like Chicken

2010-03-16 11:01:05 AM

Sad story.

Happier story... especially at the 16 second mark :) (new window)

hbk72777

2010-03-16 11:36:08 AM

I've been saying for years that running is bad for your health

Eddie Adams from Torrance

2010-03-16 11:36:43 AM

He fixes the cable?

Another Government Employee

2010-03-16 11:37:18 AM

Some people's number comes up in the most spectacular ways.

Tellurianix

2010-03-16 11:37:38 AM

What a totally random way to die. I mean, seriously. Sucks but at least your descendants will have an amusing story to tell.

EZ Writer

2010-03-16 11:37:41 AM

Probably an atheist...

/Got nuthin'

KierzanDax

2010-03-16 11:38:14 AM

"Great shot, kid, that was one in a million!"

/I already have a ticket. Can this be used to upgrade me to first class?

wraithmare

2010-03-16 11:38:26 AM

The first thing to know about safely landing a disabled plane is to not lose your head. The book doesn't say anything about anyone else's head.

GacysBasement

2010-03-16 11:39:20 AM

Gonna end up on that 100 strange ways to die show.

Maximusclay

2010-03-16 11:39:35 AM

I thought they stopped making Final Destination movies...

fat boy

2010-03-16 11:40:28 AM

Props to the pilot

Farkwaddle

2010-03-16 11:40:34 AM

What are the odds? No seriously, what are the odds of this specific incident occuring. I would imagine it to be somewhere in the neighborhood of say...getting mauled by a platypus on a playground somewhere in Canada.

Ecobuckeye

2010-03-16 11:41:27 AM

Those IPods will be the death of us all.

GrouchyMentat

2010-03-16 11:41:45 AM

I live in Woodstock, GA, and so I'm not... you know.

Reminds me of the time a plane made an emergency landing onto GA 400, which if you are not familiar with Atlanta is a major arterial road. Emergency landing. During rush hour in the afternoon. Killed someone on the ground there, too.

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2010-03-16 11:41:47 AM

Bet he didn't see that coming

Shryke

2010-03-16 11:41:51 AM

Changing my favorite cliche to "I'd rather get run over by a plane".

OniNeko

2010-03-16 11:41:53 AM

I don't think I'd mind going out like this. It certainly beats being in decline for months or even years. Certainly feel for the people he left behind, though. I suppose it's harder on them when it's so sudden and unexpected.

Good Behavior Day

2010-03-16 11:41:59 AM

No references to Catch 22?

rdyb

2010-03-16 11:42:06 AM

For some twisted reason this made me wonder if anybody out there has yet photoshopped Darwin high-fiving the Steves....

hey, what's that shadow?

mtylerjr

2010-03-16 11:42:24 AM

If you wear an ipod and tune out the rest of the world, you have to accept the risk that something like this will happen. You dont see deaf people getting hit by planes on the beach. They know better.

FarkinHostile

2010-03-16 11:42:42 AM

Farkwaddle

I would imagine it to be somewhere in the neighborhood of say...getting mauled by a platypus on a playground somewhere in Canada.

That's how my Uncle Gordy died. Except he was stung first, then mauled.

/True story
//not really

doctorwormwood

2010-03-16 11:42:48 AM

most definitley his day to die... if thats not fate .. what is.. I can think of worse ways to go..

Fark Me To Tears

2010-03-16 11:42:53 AM

FTFA: HILTON HEAD, S.C. - A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.

This is one of those stories that makes me believe that when your number is up, it's up. Apparently, it was this guy's time to go.

joness0154

2010-03-16 11:43:04 AM

In another article it was mentioned that the pilot was having engine trouble for an hour before this landing. If so, he's a dumbass for not trying to land at the nearest airport.

Anyways, this is not a turbine Lancair as the article states. Just a piston IV-P.

ArthGuinness

2010-03-16 11:44:36 AM

Ecobuckeye: Those IPods will be the death of us all.

You've basically captured my headline submission.

/wasn't funny, much like the selected one

factoryconnection

2010-03-16 11:45:17 AM

Ecobuckeye: Those IPods will be the death of us all.

I initially thought that could have been the culprit, but with a small plane gliding towards you on our typically windy SC beaches, from behind no less... well it isn't like these planes have horns to honk.

What a sh*tty deal for all involved.

RonStoppable

2010-03-16 11:45:19 AM

What are the odds of that happening? mmm, a hundred to one.

Five Tails of Fury

2010-03-16 11:45:58 AM

There was a guy in BC last year, I think, who was killed when a helicopter fell on him while walking down the street.

Dunno about y'all, but I'm buying a steel umbrella.

Tequila Monster

2010-03-16 11:46:33 AM

Hmm... save my life with an emergency landing, or die because of potentially killing an idiot on my chosen emergency landing site... What to do... What to do...

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER

2010-03-16 11:46:34 AM

Disapproves:

nighthawknews.files.wordpress.com

Yaxe

2010-03-16 11:46:36 AM

I guess lightning strikes also come in the form of 1000 pound airplanes smacking into you.

HellRaisingHoosier

2010-03-16 11:48:45 AM

fark it. That's how I wanna go. A really cool way, that I'll have no idea is coming.

Personally, I've always hoped for a meteorite.

D-Liver

2010-03-16 11:49:07 AM

First people on the scene called 9/11.

TheSignPost

2010-03-16 11:49:12 AM

"I would have to say it's pretty unusual," Fister said.

o_O

Indeed, Fister. Indeed.

lelio

2010-03-16 11:50:14 AM

ogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind

Lawsuit against Apple in 3...2...1

Why does jogging on the beach require an iPod? Just listen to the waves hitting the shore and be happy.

/ unless it is "Eye of the Tiger"
// I wear the crappiest stock headphones at the gym and crank it up so people can see how awesomes I am

h2oincfs

2010-03-16 11:50:36 AM

Good Behavior Day: No references to Catch 22?

No. The plane had no propeller, there was no raft, and the dead guy didn't try to touch the plane as it went overhead.

KangTheMad

2010-03-16 11:50:36 AM

I LoL'd, is that bad?

Farker T

2010-03-16 11:50:50 AM

hbk72777: I've been saying for years that running is bad for your health

Came to say this...

Ecobuckeye: Those IPods will be the death of us all.

Or this...

But got totally frustrated when I saw this:

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Disapproves:

Now I got nuthin'.

firemanbuck

2010-03-16 11:51:44 AM

Ha, ha! All of these responses to this tragedy are great!

Props to all!

stewmadness

2010-03-16 11:52:25 AM

That really sucks. Fark. i can't imagine being one of his kids explaining how his dad dies.

Zafler

2010-03-16 11:52:42 AM

firemanbuck: Ha, ha! All of these responses to this tragedy are great!

Props to all!

Can we got a long drawn out groan from the audience for this pun?

NightOwl2255

2010-03-16 11:53:21 AM

Came for the Sully references, leaving sad.

/Isn't landing a plane on a public beach when your vision is so limited that you can't see a man jogging directly in front of you the very definition of reckless endangerment? Should have pulled a Sully and landed in the water.

Does not approve:
i450.photobucket.com

Beeblebrox

2010-03-16 11:55:17 AM

kemosabe

2010-03-16 11:56:09 AM

This is one of the reasons I don't run outside with an ipod. You can't hear a plane coming down onto you from behind. Also, you can't really hear traffic coming either.

/nature makes its own music with birds chirping and the wind blowing, etc.
//I really feel bad for the family

NuclearWinter

2010-03-16 11:57:37 AM

joness0154: In another article it was mentioned that the pilot was having engine trouble for an hour before this landing. If so, he's a dumbass for not trying to land at the nearest airport.

Anyways, this is not a turbine Lancair as the article states. Just a piston IV-P.

ATC instructed him to land at Hilton Head when he was having trouble. That's where he was heading when the prop fell off, leaving him even fewer options.

GrouchyMentat

2010-03-16 11:58:01 AM

NightOwl2255: Came for the Sully references, leaving sad.

/Isn't landing a plane on a public beach when your vision is so limited that you can't see a man jogging directly in front of you the very definition of reckless endangerment? Should have pulled a Sully and landed in the water.

I'm inclined to agree with with. Much like the pilot who dropped her plane on GA400; "let's see. I could put it in the trees, but that might be more dangerous for me. Oh! Look! A road filled with cars! Perfect!"

Jimmy's getting angry

2010-03-16 11:58:10 AM

Serves him right.
Public earbud wearing moran.
If he doesn't want to be part of society or his environment,
he can be taken out. 1 down.....millions to go...

wpmulligan

2010-03-16 11:59:00 AM

It just so happens that your beach here is only MOSTLY deserted. There's a big difference between mostly deserted and all deserted. Mostly deserted is slightly occupied.

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