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SEA86FA216

1986-08-23 · ROCHE HARBOR, Washington, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 9S1

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT WAS ONE OF A GROUP OF GLASAIRS THAT WERE DEPARTING THE AIRPORT AFTER A FLY IN BREAKFAST AT THE RESORT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE ACFT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 06 (UPHILL) IN A 3 POINT ATTITUDE. AS THE ACFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, IN A STEEP NOSE UP CLIMB, IT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, ROLLED TO THE LEFT, AND IMPACTED TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_SEA86FA216.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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