This Seaplane Underwent Extensive Rehab at Portland Yacht Services & is Believed to Have Participated in this Event in Greenville Today.  It is Owned by General Dynamics.  In this Photo, It Sits in the PYS Travel Lift Having Just Been Hauled from the Water after Testing Early This Week.

Another Shot of the Seaplane After Being Tested at Portland Yacht Services, West Commercial Street,  Earlier This Week.  This Blogger Believes this General Dynamics Seaplane Participated in the annual Fly-in in Greenville This Morning.

This morning the Bangor Regional Communications Center was advised that an amphibious plane had crashed into Moosehead Lake in Greenville.  The crash occurred during Greenville’s annual International Seaplane Splash-In.

Pilot Barry Holtz, 76, of Fairport, New York was attempting to land his Grumman G-44A Widgeon, a five-person, twin-engine , amphibious aircraft on the lake when he crashed according to a press release from the Maine State Police issued early this evening.

Holtz was alone in the aircraft and received non-lifethreatening facial injuries.  He was able to escape through a rear door after the main doors would not open.   Holtz was transported to the Northern Light CA Dean Hospital for treatment.  First responders attempted to locate and recover the sunken aircraft.  However, due to the extreme depth when it entered the water, recovery will take place at a later time.

Moosehead is the largest lake in Maine and the second largest in New England, after Lake Champlain.  It’s average depth is 55 feet deep. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is the primary investigating agency in all aircraft crashes.

The Fly-in got started in 1973 and in 1995, became a non-profit corporation to promote fellowship, personal contacts and unification among seaplane pilots.  The event runs from September 4 – 7, 2025.

This blogger is familiar with the Greenville area and Moosehead Lake having worked two summers in high school at Squaw Mountain Inn and Mt. Kineo when the Hilton family owned it.