Plane Crash

ORCAS ISLAND, WA – Three people were injured when a small plane made an emergency landing on Orcas Island Thursday, according to KOMO News. The incident happened in a grassy field near the 3300 block of Point Lawrence Road shortly after the plane took off from Friday Harbor Airport on San Juan Island. The...

LEAVENWORTH, WA - A man was killed Sunday morning in a parasailing accident about five miles northeast of the town of Leavenworth, the Seattle Times reports. The crash happened near milepost 4 of Eagle Creek Road, at about 10:16 a.m. on March 14. The location of the crash—about 1,000 feet above the road—made it...

PORT TOWNSEND, WA – A U.S. Navy helicopter located a crashed plane near La Push that was determined to be the plane stolen from Jefferson County Airport Tuesday night. According to KOMO News, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was alerted to a suspicious person trying to rent a plane on Tuesday night. Later, they...

KIRKLAND, WA – A float plane flipped over on Tuesday morning after its pilot landed it in Lake Washington. A passing boat rescued the pilot uninjured. According to KOMO News, Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle marine units responded to the accident off Yarrow Point to assist in towing the plane back to shore. The...

SEATTLE, WA – An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to land about 20 minutes after takeoff en route to Chicago after a man yelled, “I’m going to kill everybody on this plane. Die in the name of Jesus!” Alaska Airlines Flight 422 took off from SeaTac at 11:10 p.m. Saturday evening and was supposed...

Photo Credit: KOMO News PORT ORCHARD, WA (KITSAP COUNTY) – A plane crash in Port Orchard Wednesday led to the pilot being seriously injured, reports KOMO News. The accident happened around 4 p.m. when the small craft, a Cessna 150, crashed into the backyard of a home on Genesis Avenue. The pilot was trapped...

SEATTLE, WA – Two people were rescued by passing kayakers Wednesday night after their seaplane crashed into Lake Washington. According to Seattle PI, the Seattle Fire Department responded to the accident around 9 p.m. Wednesday. They received a call for a crashed seaplane in Lake Washington about 200 feet away from the shore, at...