Pilot kills man during emergency landing

Looks like the pilot did his best to get the airplane down safely. How did the pilot kill the man?
 
Not a good day in Venice this afternoon.

Lightning strike injures nine in Venice Beach
 
Couple three years ago this happened to a runner on the beach in SC. Had an MP3 player in his ears and didn't even know that an airplane (either Columbia 300/ Cessna 400) was about to hit him.
 
So hypothetical not necessarily pertaining to this accident - if a pilot had to put down a plane due to negligence (let's say running out of gas) and strikes and kills someone, is there a precedent for criminal charges?
 
Murdoughnut said:
So hypothetical not necessarily pertaining to this accident - if a pilot had to put down a plane due to negligence (let's say running out of gas) and strikes and kills someone, is there a precedent for criminal charges?
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With the right lawyer, anything is possible.
Not judging, but: If I were putting down on a beach during peak season I would have to think I was going for a slight swim.
 
Itchy said:
With the right lawyer, anything is possible.
Not judging, but: If I were putting down on a beach during peak season I would have to think I was going for a slight swim.
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The lack of a pilot side door may have been a factor in that logic. I wouldn't put it in the water if I couldn't open the door before impact.
 
Yikes...I wonder if they didn't see the guy? Personally if I couldn't find a spot on a beach where I wouldn't hit a person, I'd sooner put it in the water, and I can't even swim. I'm not trying to kill anyone, I'd rather possibly drown than deal with the guilt and litgations.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Yikes...I wonder if they didn't see the guy? Personally if I couldn't find a spot on a beach where I wouldn't hit a person, I'd sooner put it in the water, and I can't even swim. I'm not trying to kill anyone, I'd rather possibly drown than deal with the guilt and litgations.
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There is also the matter of passengers you have some duty to protect. I wouldn't judge the actions taken, not being there myself. There is so little time to make a decision that doing what was briefed, or what you have already committed to is really the only option.

At pattern altitude in a Cherokee, the pilot had about 80 seconds before the aircraft was landing no matter what he did. Had it been a commercial flight with passengers, I don't think anyone would advocated a preferrence for a water ditching.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Yikes...I wonder if they didn't see the guy? Personally if I couldn't find a spot on a beach where I wouldn't hit a person, I'd sooner put it in the water, and I can't even swim. I'm not trying to kill anyone, I'd rather possibly drown than deal with the guilt and litgations.
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Or you can take swimming lessons.
 
moxiepilot said:
Or you can take swimming lessons.
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Ain't nobody got time for that. Seriously, I can't even commit to taking a college class in person one day a week, my life is too cray and sporadic. I'll learn when I learn I guess. But the point is, I personally think I would risk my own life assuming my pax knew how to swim rather than risk some persons life on the ground. Just my thought process.
 
What's interesting is that the plane is registered to a guy whose a fairly well known 9/11 truther (not the pilot). That's not so much the interesting part as the fact that it wasn't registered to an LLC. Hope he has a good attorney.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Yikes...I wonder if they didn't see the guy? Personally if I couldn't find a spot on a beach where I wouldn't hit a person, I'd sooner put it in the water, and I can't even swim. I'm not trying to kill anyone, I'd rather possibly drown than deal with the guilt and litgations.
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I'd rather risk my own life as opposed to someone else's, but we don't know the full story here.
 
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