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SEA88LA079

1988-04-15 · THE DALLES, Oregon, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport DLS

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ON ARRIVAL, PLT FOUND DESTINATION OBSCURED BY UNFORECAST FOG, HELD BRIEFLY, THEN DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. ON ARRIVAL AT ALT IN DARKNESS, PLT DID NOT KNOW FREQ (UNICOM) TO ACTIVATE RWY LIGHTS. PLT MADE LOW PASS TO ACQUIRE RWY ENVIRONMENT AS FUEL STATE WAS CRITICAL. ON SIGHTING A RUNWAY, PLT EFFECTED LNDG BUT WAS WELL DOWN 4649-FT LENGTH AND OVERRAN INTO RAVINE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_SEA88LA079.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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