# NTSB WPR26LA352: Beech B95, N529RB, Newport, OR, September 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 21, 2026, 12:39 local (19:39 UTC)
- Place: Newport, OR · Pacific Ocean
- Coordinates: 44.624, -124.114 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6240&lon=-124.1140&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203858
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA352
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203858/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA352

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B95, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=1153404), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N529RB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N529RB), registered now, S/N TD-417, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95
- Registry model: [Beech B95](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95) (registry code 1153404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD-417
- Year built: 1960
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: ONP, Newport Muni
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.07 inHg
- Observed at: KONP, 4 nm away
- METAR: METAR KONP 211935Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3007 RMK AO2

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260921012649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260921012649A), Sep 21, 2026: Beech B95, Newport, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On September 21, 2026, at 12:36 pm PDT (1936Z), Beechcraft B95 [privacy data omitted], piloted by [privacy data omitted], took off from runway 34 at Newport…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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