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N8523 awaits.
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Photo: Tom McPhail © 16 April 2026 - Aird Archives
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Photo: Tom McPhail © 31 March 2026 - Aird Archives
N8523 back at the familiar Kenmore Air Harbor, Washington.
Photo: Ron Kosys © 24 April 2022 - Aird Archives
N8523 at Peninsula Point facility, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Photos: Danny Hoggard © 30 June 2018 - Aird Archives
N8523 at her current Kemore parking spot.
Photos: Neil Aird © 11 July 2015 - Aird Archives
N8523 at KPAE - Paine Field, Seattle.
Photos: Tom Baillie © 01 May 2011 - Aird Archives
N8523 at Kenmore Air Harbor.
Photo: Tom Baillie © 05 September 2010 - Aird Archives
Photo: Pete Killin © 28 April 2010 - Aird Archives
Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © 20 August 2008 - Aird Archives
Photos: Fred Wallis © 23 October 2006 - Aird Archives
Photos: Kenneth I. Swartz © 25 August 2006 - Aird Archives
57-6161 tied down, somewhere in Continental United States.
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Photos: Unknown photographer © 1960's - Aird Archives

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57-6161

N8523

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• 57-6161 US Army # 1829. L-20 No. 830. Command A-14. Delivered 16-Sep-1958. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• N8523 Western Nebraska Technical College, Sidney, NE. Regd 03-Jan-1972. On USCAR 01-Oct-1994.

• N8523 J. W. Duff Aircraft Co., Denver, CO, May-1995.

Note: Rebuilt by Kenmore Air. Circa 1997.

• N8523 Philip J. Yaeger, Anacortes, WA. Regd 09-Jul-1997.

• N8523 Owner Benjamin, L. Ellison, (Operator) Martin D. Ellison, Bellevue, WA. Dates currently unknown.

Accident: Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (North Lake Washington), Kenmore, WA. 03-May-2000. The pilot Philip Yaeger,( the previously recorded owner),  was landing to the south on Lake Washington in between a buoy and a yacht. The yacht was making approximately 2-3 knots speed heading south. Winds were out of the south at 13 knots, gusting to 17 knots resulting in choppy water surface conditions. As the floatplane touched down, the yacht powered up creating a large bow wave. The aircraft contacted the wave during its southerly rollout and while decelerating in a nose high attitude. The encounter resulted in the aircraft’s right wing contacting the water. Forward visibility was restricted as the nose of the aircraft was raised during the landing on water. NTSB report WPR10CA461

• N8523 Marvin Scott, Warroad, MN. Regd 30-Jan-2001.

• tt 5,488 (20-Apr-2002).

• N8523 Richard L .Gee, Seattle, WA. Regd 13-Mar-2006.

• tt 5,603 hours (Jan-2016).

• N8523 AIRRW LLC., Newton, KS. Regd 22-Jun-2017.

• N8523 AIRRW LLC., Emporia, KS. Regd 15-Oct-2020.

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