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NTSB accident investigation · Reynolds Dennis E Bearhawk Patrol · Cottage Grove, OR · September 27, 2026

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 27, 2026, 12:02 local (19:02 UTC)
Place
Cottage Grove, OR
Injuries
1 serious
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N240BPReynolds Dennis E Bearhawk Patrol
Defining event
Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Case key
203884

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N240BP
Reported as
Reynolds Dennis E Bearhawk Patrol
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Reynolds Dennis E
Registered owner
Reynolds Dennis E

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
360° at 7 knots
Icing
Unknown
Turbulence
Unknown
Observed at
20 nm away