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Authorities say Oregon pilot deliberately crashed Cirrus after five-hour flight
['Stephen Pope']
AeroTime
Authorities in Oregon have announced that a pilot has deliberately crashed a Cirrus SR22T in a remote wooded area after spending more than five hours circling west of the city of Bend.
“Detectives with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office have determined that the pilot of a Cirrus SR22T aircraft intentionally brought the plane down,” the agency said.
The FBI also contacted the Air Force base at Klamath Falls as a precaution, the sheriff’s office has said.
The aircraft was a 2025 Cirrus SR22T, registration N625LK.
The sheriff’s office noted the Cirrus struck the ground at high speed and did not catch fire, as it presumably had run out of fuel.