Update: Search for missing pilot suspended

Update: Search for missing pilot suspended

Update posted at 6 am Sept. 22

Search Suspended for Missing Pilot Off Oregon Coast

Search Suspended for Missing Pilot Off Oregon Coast - Newport -- The 78-year-old crashed into the Pacific near 1 pm

Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Pilot

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing pilot after a Beechcraft B95 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of Yaquina Head Lighthouse near Nye Beach in Newport, Monday. The aircraft was carrying a 78-year-old male pilot who remains missing. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received the initial report at 12:54 p.m., and immediately dispatched search and rescue crews. Responding assets included two 47-foot moto…

U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing pilot following plane crash off Oregon coast near Yaquina Head September 21, 2026

(ASTORIA, OR) — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing pilot after a Beechcraft B95 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport, Monday. The aircraft was carrying a 78-year-old male pilot who remains missing. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received the initial report at 12:54 p.m., and immediately dispatched search and rescue crews. Responding assets included two 47-foot motor …

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

Beechcraft 95 Travel Air goes down near Newport Municipal Airport, but search for plane and pilot is suspended.