Small plane crashes into Puget Sound waters near Seattle's Alki Beach

Small plane crashes into waters off Alki Beach

The pilot was uninjured, and the plane remained submerged overnight.

SEATTLE - A plane crashed into Puget Sound waters Tuesday afternoon near Seattle's Alki Beach, according to Seattle Police.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed a single-engine Cessna 150 crashed into the water near Alki Beach just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Video captured by witnesses shows the plane touch down into the water, then lurch forward and begin sinking. Bystanders quickly rushed in to help the pilot out.

"I was putting my feet in the water and then I saw the plane coming and then it flipped over and then the plane was sinking," said 10-year-old Zahra, who witnessed the crash. 

Medics were called just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to 64th Ave SW and Alki Ave SW to the report of a plane crash. The FAA confirmed just one person was aboard the plane. The pilot was not injured. 

"He was going down like he knew what he was doing. He was just going down and just went smoothly and he just went in there. He got out and he would just sit there," one witness said. 

"He got guts. And he was very calm, but that's what they're learning to do. I wanted to say 'good job,'" another witness said. 

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The plane completely submerged shortly after.