Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project

Cortland "Cort" Mumford and Tweety Bird - Aircraft disappearance 2007 (Oregon)

Season 2 Episode 20

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Cortland "Cort" Mumford, 65 year old Oregonian, vanished during a "familiarization flight" out of Aurora Airport in Aurora, Oregon on July 7th, 2007. 
Neither Mr. Mumford nor his aircraft "Tweety Bird" have been seen since.

Three possible crashsite locations are listed in the NTSBs preliminary and finalized report, the locations are as follows from most likely to least likely:
1) Grand Ronde area 
- LAT: 45 04 23N
- LON: 123 41 59W
2) Siletz River area 45.48827, -123.993054
3) Saddle Mountain area: 45.956245, -123.693286

Nonprofit mentioned in this case: Missing Aircraft Search Team (MAST):
https://www.facebook.com/missingaircraft/

Sources:
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=66260
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/43752

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