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Three Cessna plane occupants crash in Puget Sound, all OK

Published 1:30 am Monday, July 21, 2025

By Taylor Scott Richmond

Screenshot from a video given by a bystander to police. The Cessna plane is floating in the water near Lighthouse Park in Mulkilteo as the three occupants try to escape. Rescuers wait to help nearby. (Photo provided by Mulkiteo Police Department)

EVERETT — Three people on a small Cessna plane are OK after an emergency water landing near Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo.

Around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the plane landed in Puget Sound next to the Lighthouse Park boat dock, according to a social media post. Beforehand, the pilot communicated with Paine Field Airport that the small Cessna plane had lost power and would need to make an emergency landing.

Nearby boaters and bystanders helped the three occupants out of the plane. Mukilteo Fire Department responded to the scene and transported them to a nearby station for treatment. No injuries were reported.

The plane sank into the water, and the boat dock remains closed while officials conduct an investigation. Mukilteo Police are in communication with the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Taylor Scott Richmond: 425-339-3046; taylor.richmond@heraldnet.com; X: @BTayOkay.

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