Overview

• The NTSB’s final report finds Bloomquist deliberately flew his single-engine Piper J3 into a barn adjacent to his private airstrip on August 16, 2024
• An autopsy by the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center lists blunt force injuries as the cause of death and classifies the manner of death as suicide
• Bloomquist, 60, departed from a private strip on his Mooresburg farm in the vintage 1938 aircraft before overflying his property and impacting the barn
• His family issued a statement asking for privacy and requesting that the media refrain from further inquiries as they grieve
• Over a 40-year career, Bloomquist amassed more than 600 victories and faced health challenges including a 2019 motorcycle accident and a 2023 prostate cancer diagnosis