PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Family members of 32-year-old Jordan Hall mourned the student pilot killed when the plane he and his flight instructor piloted crashed into a Miramar neighborhood Monday.
They spoke to Local 10 News Wednesday.
They said Hall was just five hours away from getting his pilot’s license when the single-engine Aventura II plane crashed just south of North Perry Airport, killing him and 34-year-old Antony Rolland Yen.
Airport personnel reported that the plane had been undergoing maintenance and had departed on a test flight shortly before it crashed Monday morning.
Investigators believe the plane, classified as an experimental aircraft, was leaking fuel before it went down.
Family members described Hall as an adventure-loving aviator “who loved to fly in life.”
“Life is certainly fragile. We are not promised more than the moment we are given,” Brian Hall, Jordan’s father, said. “He only got 32 years here. I’m thankful for the 32.”
Jordan’s mother recounted the moment she was told the news.
“It was the most horrific call I ever got,” Susan Hall Dotson said. “I was in shock.”
Tristen Hall, Jordan’s sister, described him as “a beautiful man,” whom everyone loved.
Hall’s family, bound together with so much love, is now finding a way to move forward.
“He wouldn’t want us to be sad,” Monika Mitchell, Hall’s sister, said.
But they remembered the son, brother and friend who was an “inspiration.”
“Some people say it was his time,” Hall Dotson said. “It wasn’t his time, but it was the time.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with expenses.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.