Date: 28 March 2002
Airline: Smithsonian Institution
Flight No.: ---
Aircraft: Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Location: Elliot Bay, Washington, USA
Fatalities: 0:4
Photographer: AP
The aircraft [N19903] departed Boeing Field/King County Airport near Seattle for a flight. Shortly afterward, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft into Puget Sound near downtown Seattle due to an undetermined mechanical problem.