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| Date: | Tuesday 23 December 2025 |
| Time: | c. 09:20 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft K35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9540R |
| MSN: | D-6103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pole Butte, OR -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Beechcraft K35 Bonanza crashed near Pole Butte, Oregon.
The sole pilot perished.
Sources:
https://ktvz.com/news/2025/12/23/breaking-news-plane-crash-reported-in-lake-county/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9540R
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N9540R/history/20251223/1533Z
https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=92953909&wid=6072144879&rwl=False&p=&ext=&w=614&h=460&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=KX7NdqWRh4J%2bMa2v5mUWMMGSRTz%2fYBK5SlH4CELnF%2fM%3d (photo)
Location
Media:
NTSB is investigating Tuesday's crash of a Beech K35 airplane near Pole Butte, Oregon.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) December 23, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2025 22:14 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 24-Dec-2025 06:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
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