A small plane crashed near the Ferndale Airfield in Flathead County on Friday, September 19, 2025. Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino says that one person died in the crash.
1 dead in Flathead County plane crash
The identity of the person has not yet been released.
He also said that the plane was on fire when emergency crews arrived at the scene, and that the plane was badly damaged.
There is no word yet on how many people were on the plane, nor the suspected cause of the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane was an experimental, amateur-built Murphy Moose aircraft.
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The airfield is about three miles east of the town of Bigfork.
There have been three other plane crashes — two of which resulted in deaths — in Flathead County in recent weeks.
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