The aircraft is pictured in the bay last weekend.
The Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) said equipment failure is to blame for an emergency aircraft landing in the Assawoman Bay over the weekend.
On Sunday, at approximately 2:15 p.m., emergency personnel were notified that a small aircraft had come down in the bay behind Seacrets at 49th Street.
The aircraft – which OCFD identified as a SeaRay two-seat, single-engine amphibious flying boat – landed on the water when one of its stabilizing floats, or sponsons, detached from the plane.
“The aircraft remained somewhat afloat, and no injuries were reported,” a social media post from the Ocean City Fire Department reads.
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maryland Natural Resources Police are handling the investigation into the incident. No additional details were released as of Monday.
The emergency landing is the second to occur in Ocean City in less than two weeks. On May 18, a two-seat Cessna 150 model crashed on the beach near 94th Street after its engine stopped mid-flight. A Bel Air couple walked away from the emergency landing without serious injuries.