Bertling Courtney MXL-2 N947BX accident, Newberg, OR, Oct 12, 2026 · NTSB WPR27FA015

Date: October 12, 2026, 16:22 local (23:22 UTC)
Place: Newberg, OR
Injuries: 1 fatal
Phase of flight: Approach
Aircraft: N947BXBertling Courtney MXL-2
Defining event: Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of control in flight
Status: Investigation ongoing
Investigation class: Class 3
NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
Case key: 203979

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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.

Loss of control in flightApproach-VFR pattern baseBertling Courtney MXL-2: 1 case All aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration: N947BX
Reported as: Bertling Courtney MXL-2
Operator: Bertling Courtney
Registered owner: Bertling Courtney

N947BXRegistered now · Bertling Courtney MXL-2S/N 001 · Built 2020 Airframe modelBertling Courtney MXL-2 Engine modelRotax 503 DCDI2 cycle

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

Wind: 120° at 4 knots
Lowest ceiling: None
Observed at: 8 nm away