The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that Scott Bloomquist’s death was likely due to a suicide.

Fox Sports reporter Bob Pockrass reported that the NTSB lists the probable cause of death as “The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.”

Pockrass also shared a statement from Bloomquist’s family. It states, “At this time, the family of Scott Bloomquist is not making any public statements regarding the plane crash or the recent NTSB findings. They are focused on supporting one another and respectfully request privacy as they navigate this difficult period. We appreciate your understanding and ask that the media refrain from the further inquiries at this time.”

NTSB has issued its report on the Scott Bloomquist plane crash from August. It lists the probable cause as “The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.”

Statement from Bloomquist family representative: pic.twitter.com/NCFVaKVPVn

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) June 10, 2025

This new NTSB finding follows a Hawkins County Grand Jury report which also found that “Bloomquist died as results of his own hand” back in October 2024. That Grand Jury report included a statement from a witness who said that Bloomquist informed him he had a “spot on his heart (widowmaker) and that he is not gonna die in a hospital bed.” The witness also shared that Bloomquist told him that he planned to “fly [the] plane into [his] barn.”

Bloomquist was pronounced dead after his Piper J3C-65 Cub plane crashed into his a barn on his family’s property in Mooresburg, Tennessee on August 16, 2024.

Bloomquist had a storied dirt late model career where he won over 600 feature races. He was the 2004 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion. He won the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship in 2009, 2010, and 2016. He won the Dirt Late Model Dream in 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018. He also won the World 100 in 1988, 1990, 2001, and 2014.

In 2002 he was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was RPM Racing News driver of the year after winning The Dream, The Topless, Scorcher 100, Racefest, Dixie Shootout, and Cedar Lake Nationals as well as nine Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races.