Gatt wrote:
http://www.katu.com/news/11655946.html

TACOMA, Wash. -- Two small planes have collided over Tacoma and one of them
with two people on board crashed into Commencement Bay near Tacoma.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the other
plane with two people on board landed at Thun Field in Puyallup.

A Tacoma police boat and a privately-owned boat picked up the two people
from the bay and took them to shore. Both people from the plane were loaded
into a waiting ambulance and transported to a hospital, but a Tacoma Fire
Department spokesman said both were expected to survive.

Officials at Thun Field said the aircraft there landed with "minimal damage"
and no one on board was seriously injured.

The circumstances of the crash were not immediately known.



I've seen the 182 involved in this event. It is an older "straight
tail" model, I would guess from the mid to late 50s. The observable
damage is:

- The front of the right (Pax Side) wheel pant was broken off. The
pants on this airplane appear to be of a newer Cessna design.
- There is quite a noticeable dent just beneath the Pax Side door.
- As the plane sits on the ramp, it appears to be slightly "Right Wing
Low". It's possible that either the gear leg was "tweaked", or some
damage may have been done to the gear leg mounting, or both.

I would guess that the 182 may be there a while until the FAA and/or
NTSB complete their work. The pilot appeared to be rattled, but
otherwise OK. It was really great to hear that the occupants of the
other plane survived.

Rick
KPLU