Search Suspended for Twin-Engine Plane, Pilot Off Oregon Coast

Beechcraft 95 Travel Air goes down near Newport Municipal Airport.

Meg Godlewski

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 02:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter [Credit: U.S. Coast Guard/Carlos Gonzalez]

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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a twin-engine plane that crashed off the Oregon coast, with the 78-year-old pilot, the sole occupant, presumed fatal.
A local fisherman witnessed the 1960 Beechcraft 95 Travel Air flying low before it plunged into the water and quickly sank near Yaquina Head.
Despite a 12-hour search covering 124 square miles, no trace of the pilot or the destroyed aircraft was found, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is now investigating.

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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a twin-engine airplane that went down off the coast of Oregon on Monday. According to authorities, the pilot, a 78-year-old man, was the only person on board the aircraft and has not been found.

A hangar camera captured the 1960 Beechcraft 95 Travel Air (N529RB) departing Newport Municipal Airport (KONP) around 12:33 p.m. PDT. The airport is located on the central coast of Oregon near Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.