Who on earth is this person Schiavo?  Was she misquoted?  It’s become normal to expect comments like the turbine engine and 387 mph errors made in the reports, but the quote below is really ridiculous coming from anyone who knows anything at all about flying an aircraft with an engine out, even a  slow one but especially for any Lancair.

 

“Even with oil smeared on the windshield, Schiavo, the former NTSB official, said Smith should have been able to see through a small window on the side of the plane and possibly yell out to anyone below. Still, there may have been little time to try to avoid hitting the jogger, she said.

She said Smith made the right choice in landing on the beach rather than the water. The aircraft likely wasn't carrying flotation equipment.

"Planes like this sink like a rock," she said.”

This quote from an article on AP.

 

 

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