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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
I can only surmise he didn’t see the car, otherwise why didn’t he land further to the right?
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I watched the "landing" repeatedly and I think the pilot was banking for the shoulder as much as he could. I agree about the speed and visibility but before he attempted a flair he had a good view of pending traffic on the road. He just ran out of time and control to place the plane more to the right. They definitely had an "Oh, F..." moment but I'm 100% with the driver to prevail in this and the pilot catching 100% of the consequences.
Nothing is certain yet but all speculation points to running out of fuel, whether in total or failure to monitor and switch tanks. Apparently they were already descended to 1500' when they lost power and 60 seconds later (not much time) they were tangled up against the center divider.
It was mentioned that both occupants of the plane did not attempt to exit right away and just sat in their seats. It would be pure speculation as to why, but of all things I'd like to hear more on that. They were in plain view of the damage they caused and could see the driver getting out from what I know.
This is one I will follow to conclusion. If you watch Blancolirio you know GA planes are dropping at a loose average of one a week. At least half are fatal.