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SEA88LA178

1988-09-11 · SHELTON, Washington, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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ABOUT 10 MINS AFTER T/O, THE PLT NOTED THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR PRECAUTIONARY LNDG. APPROACH WAS HIGH AND FAST, LEADING TO BALKED LNDG. ON THROTTLE APPLICATION, ENG QUIT. ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES BEYOND RUNWAY. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN WITH NO MALFUNCTIONS. THE FUEL SAMPLES WERE CLEAR OF CONTAMINATES. NO SYSTEM FAILURES WERE FOUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_SEA88LA178.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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