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 lost.
The 1960 Beechcraft 95 Travel Air departed Newport Municipal Airport, was seen circling over water, and then plunged into the ocean, as witnessed by a local fisherman.
Despite a 12-hour search covering 124 square miles by the Coast Guard and other responders, no trace of the pilot or the aircraft was found.
The FAA has presumed the accident fatal, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently investigating the crash.

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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.