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NTSB Investigating Fatal Beech V35 Crash Near Austin, Nevada

The accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality in the October 15 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:22 a.m. ET
A single-engine crashed near Austin, Nevada, on October 15, 2025, at about 9:47 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. The record lists one person on board and one fatality. This remains a developing matter and the account may change as the investigation proceeds. The accident record lists the aircraft as having sustained substantial damage and classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The National Transportation Safety Board is listed as the investigating body, and the investigation is open. The cause has not been determined. The accident record identifies the aircraft by the registration . Aircraft registry records list C-FETM as a Beech Aircraft Corporation V35A, a single-engine piston landplane, serial number D9029, registered in Canada. The registry lists the registered owner as Elgar Allen Janzen; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight, and may not have been aboard. A privately compiled Beechcraft Bonanza registration history — an enthusiast-maintained list rather than a primary regulator record — lists C-FETM as registered to "Janzen & Janzen Holdings Ltd." from late 1990 and then to "Elgar Janzen, Castlegar, British Columbia" from January 2003. That entry is a name-based possible match only: it has not been confirmed that these records refer to the same person, and the location, in British Columbia, does not match the accident area. Geographic reference data places the settlement of Austin in Lander County, Nevada, at a terrain elevation of 6,480 feet, and 6.7 miles WSW of Austin Airport (K9U3/ASQ) — the reference data gives the airport as 6.7 miles ENE of the town — with Kingston Airport (N15) 20 miles to the south and O'Toole Ranch Airport (NV02) 35 miles to the SSW of that reference. Those distances are measured from the town, not from the accident site, which the record does not locate more precisely. Registry and terrain details describe the airframe and the place and say nothing about what happened.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
C-FETM
Type
Beech Aircraft Corporation V35A (Beech) — single-engine piston landplane
Registered owner
Elgar Allen JanzenThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
6,480 ft
Nearest aerodrome
6.7 miles ENE of Austin Airport (K9U3/ASQ)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:22current

    Corrected the geographic paragraph to make clear the aerodrome distances are measured from the town of Austin, not the accident site, and added the owner-background source URL.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 20:02

    First published.

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