Date:	Saturday 12 May 2012
Time:	14:40 LT
Type:	Cessna 182D Skylane
Owner/operator:	98X LLC
Registration:	N9098X
MSN:	18253498
Year of manufacture:	1961
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Lovers Lake, off Lakeshore Drive, near Chatham, MA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Chatham Municipal Airport - KCQX
Destination airport:	Chatham Municipal Airport - KCQX
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Cessna 182D Skylane suffered engine problems when flying over Cape Cod, near Chatham, Massachusetts.
The attempt of the pilot to return to Chatham Municipal Airport - KCQX failed and he was forced to perform an emergency landing into Lovers Lake, off Lakeshore Drive, about 700m ahead of the airport runway.

The aircraft sank and both occupants escaped unhurt and swam to the shore.

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://capecoddaily.com/news/35686/]
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/05/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-and-sinks-into-lovers-lake-chatham/I5VamUNUwoblDetDnOydlN/story.html?rss_id=Top+Stories
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/05/12/plane-crashes-into-chatham-lake-occupants-reportedly-okay/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/small_plane_crashes_into_a_cap.html
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/08_9098X.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9098X&x=0&y=0

http://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/da61f5d8196efc67f0c94ac0a5405c4c4993bb45 (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-May-2012 04:12	gerard57	Added
13-May-2012 06:10	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
14-May-2012 11:40	Geno	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
14-May-2012 16:59	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]