Astoria – Seattle

On April 24, 2009 at 04:45 PM, Astoria – Seattle experienced a crash involving Epic LT, operated by Ellumax Leasing, with the event recorded near Astoria Oregon.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The single engine aircraft departed Astoria Airport at 1637LT on a private flight to Seattle-Boeing Field, carrying one passenger (a female passenger aged 84) and one pilot. During a climb to en route cruise, the airplane's engine lost almost all power, and the pilot elected to ditch the airplane into the Columbia River off Astoria. The airplane crash landed eight minutes later, nosed down in water and came to rest partially submerged. Both occupants were quickly rescued and were uninjured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N653SB, MSN 025, year of manufacture 2008.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.1882°, -123.8320°.