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Date: | Friday 1 July 2011 |
Time: | 19:30 |
Type: | Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer |
Owner/operator: | Aircraft Marketing Ltd. |
Registration: | N8003Y |
MSN: | 1016 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Richardson Bay near Sausalito, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A sea plane carrying two people capsized in Richardson Bay near Sausalito, CA, Friday night after it was hit by a wave while attempting to take off from the water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The man and woman aboard the plane were rescued unharmed by a good Samaritan vessel, the Elixir, and the Sausalito Police Department, the Coast Guard said.
Sources:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/07/02/search-called-off-for-capsized-sea-plan-in-richardson-bay/ http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/north_bay&id=8227454
http://web.archive.org/web/20110903102157/http://www.ktvu.com:80/news/28426627/detail.html
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jul-2011 03:32 |
gerard57 |
Added |
02-Jul-2011 04:27 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
04-Jul-2011 03:26 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |