A crew on Tuesday removes an airplane that made an emergency landing Monday on a beach at Hilton Head, S.C. The pilot and his passenger survived, but a man who was jogging was killed.
Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., died instantly Monday evening when he was hit by the single-engine plane, which had lost its propeller, said Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen. The pilot's vision was blocked by oil on the windshield.
Jones apparently did not see or hear the plane, which was "basically gliding," the coroner said.
FAA records show the Experimental Lancair IV-P plane
The plane started leaking oil at about 13,000 feet and tried originally to make it to Hilton Head Airport, said fire and rescue spokeswoman Joheida Fister.
Oil blocked vision The oil on the windshield blocked Smith's vision and he told authorities the propeller came off. When he tried to land on the beach near the Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa, the plane hit Jones and came to rest a little farther down the beach, Fister said.
Until it was lifted off the beach Tuesday afternoon, the plane sat in the water, waves lapping against it and the tail attached to an anchor with a rope so the tide wouldn't pull it out to sea. The waves had washed away any sign of it skidding across the sand.
Yellow crime scene tape stretched from the water to the dunes to keep people away. Tourists walked up to the tape, gawking and snapping pictures. Other than the missing propeller, the plane appeared undamaged.
The plane left Orlando, Fla., at 4:45 p.m. and was headed for Virginia, Fister said. The four-seater plane has a turbine engine, can be built from a kit and can fly up to 370 mph, according to the Lancair Web site. The IV-P model has a pressurized cabin.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating, Fister said.
Jones died on the 75th day..how appropriate
"Robert Gary Jones" =
75
(Full Reduction)
| R | o | b | e | r | t | 33 | G | a | r | y | 24 | J | o | n | e | s | 18 | 75 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Word or Phrase | English Ordinal | Full Reduction | Reverse Ordinal |
| Ipod | 44 | 26 | 64 |
| Word or Phrase | Single Reduction | Reverse Ordinal |
| Hilton Head SC | 64 | 206 |
206/26..killed=26
he was killed by a "plane"
"plane" =
87
(Reverse Ordinal)
| p | l | a | n | e | 87 |
| 11 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 22 |
"Robert Gary Jones" =
87
(Reverse Full Reduction)
| R | o | b | e | r | t | 39 | G | a | r | y | 21 | J | o | n | e | s | 27 | 87 |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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