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SEA83FA089

1983-04-23 · LEBANON, Oregon, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport S30

N95341 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CAMERON BALLOONS US O-84), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PLT MAKING REPEATED LOW PASSES OVER THE RWY. ON THE LAST PASS, THE ACFT ENTERED A STEEP CLIMB, FELL OFF ON ONE WING, THEN DOVE TOWARD THE GROUND. THE PLT STARTED A PULL-OUT, BUT THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND BEFORE HE RECOVERED. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION. A TOXICOLOGICAL REPORT DISCLOSED THAT THE PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.176%. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_SEA83FA089.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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