On October 28, 1947, Oregon Governor Earl Snell, Oregon State Senate President Marshall Cornett, and Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. were killed in a crash of a Beechcraft Bonanza in
A Beech 35 similar to the accident aircraft
Governor Earl Snell
News of Governor Snell's missing flight garnered front page attention around the state of Oregon.
Oregon Senate President Marshall Cornett, co-owner of the aircraft, was killed in the October 1947 crash.