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Cessna in the Drink in Roanoke

What: Colnan Inc. Cessna 550 Citation II
Where: Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC
When: Oct 1 2010 8:30 am
Who: 2 crew 5 passengers
Why: The plane flew successfully from Tampa to Manteo, but on landing, was too fast to stop on the rain-slick runway, but overran the end into the Croatan Sound off of Roanoke Island.

Dare County Regional Airport staff rescued all passengers and crew from the sound. No fatalities. The plane has been recovered, but as you see on the video, is probably a total loss.

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