The story says he was flying an ICON A5 with a Rotax engine. I don’t think he’s the first to die in one of those and he won’t be the last.
Ballplayers and airplanes apparently don’t mix. Ask Thurman Munson. Or Cory Lidle.
This happened right off our beach and they have a staging area set up across the street from me. There’s a launch ramp right up the street they’re using for recovery. This icon A5 is a very expensive newest thing seaplane. Just a few weekends ago Peter O’Knight airport in Tampa had. 2 day promotion of this thing . They were giving rides and folks were lined up for hours to fly it.