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Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (edited)

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Sat Jun 27, 2026 7:32 pm

Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (edited)

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Sun Jun 28, 2026 7:41 am

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

Reports that the plane hit power lines.
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Sun Jun 28, 2026 7:44 am

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

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Mon Jun 29, 2026 8:13 am

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

Very sad. Looks a lot like the 195 I saw in Shearwater, BC September 2015. There was a couple on the way back to California from Alaska.
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Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:20 am

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

Thats likely them. Blanco did a video on it. I guess he knew the owner who was out of Sonoma. Said they were on their way up to Priest Lake for the float fly in.
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Tue Jun 30, 2026 12:33 pm

Columbia River fatal C195 floatplane crash (24 June)

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Tue Jun 30, 2026 1:21 pm

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

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Tue Jun 30, 2026 1:29 pm

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

8GCBC wrote:Airframe was 77 years old.


Is that an issue of some sort !!
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Wed Jul 01, 2026 8:10 am

Re: Columbia River fatal floatplane crash (Wednesday)

8GCBC wrote:Airframe was 77 years old.


Don't see how that's relevant if it was a wire strike.
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