Hi, could this be it?
Published on Saturday, June 18, 2005
Cessna ditched near Boca Chica
BY MANDY BOLEN
Citizen Staff
KEY WEST — A reported engine malfunction forced pilot Jonathan Crawford to ditch his single-engine Cessna in calm waters nine miles north of Boca Chica Friday afternoon.
Crawford, a flight instructor from Orlando, was flying with a student pilot, and both evacuated safely from the plane around 3:30 p.m.
"A good Samaritan saw them treading water, picked them up and took them to Coast Guard Station Key West, said Petty Officer Sandra Bartlett, the Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami.
The plane had taken off from Key West International Airport and were en route to Naples," said Petty Officer Robert in the Key West Operations Center.
Both men refused medical treatment once they arrived at the Coast Guard base.
"They are working on a commercial salvage plan for the aircraft," Bartlett said, but did not know the water depth in the plane's location.
mbolen@keysnews.com
Beat me to it ;)
That was it - thx.
Interesting enough - I just got a phone call from him. They were both ok but a very exciting time! The plane is under 30 ft of water at the moment - not sure how the heck they salvage that.
Thx again for the info.
Sounds like it ditched in the same area as Cabanas a few years back.