Homemade float plane makes hard landing on Lake Sammamish

By KOMO Staff

Summary

The plane went down just before 11 a.m., but the pilot is fine.

Story Published: Jun 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM PST

Story Updated: Jun 25, 2009 at 9:58 AM PST

Homemade float plane makes hard landing on Lake Sammamish
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - The 82-year-old Redmond pilot of a small homemade float plane was unhurt when it spun around while landing on Lake Sammamish.

Bellevue police and fire departments responded about 11 a.m. Wednesday, but the pilot already had his own support team helping him.

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