Lee Gordon Elliott, 70, was last seen on May 27, 2018, in Bainbridge Island, Washington, when the 1974 Cessna 150 he was piloting crashed into Eagle Harbor at about 5:13 p.m. He and his girlfriend, Joan Burns, had descended low to view seals near the shoreline. Witnesses on boats reached the scene and rescued Burns, who was critically injured, airlifted to hospital and survived.

Burns told authorities the flight had no mechanical problems, that she warned Elliott they were too low, and that Elliott looked at an iPad before pushing the control yoke forward and the plane struck the water then flipped. She regained consciousness in the submerged aircraft and escaped; Elliott was not with her and could not be found. A dive team located the wreck in 180 feet of water in June, but when divers returned to recover it the wreckage was gone. Elliott’s body has never been recovered and he is presumed to have died in the crash.

Does anyone who was on Eagle Harbor that evening or who has information about the wreckage recovery know more about what happened or where the plane went?