UPDATE: 10:20 a.m. - September 20, 2025
FERNDALE - The National Transportation Safety Board posted on X that the plane involved in the crash on Friday near the Ferndale Airfield was an experimental, amateur-built Murphy Moose aircraft.
No other updates have been released.
NTSB investigating the Sept. 19 crash of an Experimental, amateur-built Murphy Moose aircraft near Bigfork, Montana.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 19, 2025
(second report: 1:30 p.m. - September 19, 2025)
FERNDALE - One person died in a Friday afternoon small plane crash near Ferndale Airfield in Flathead County.
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Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino confirmed the death with MTN, adding that the plane was badly damaged in the crash.
The aircraft was on fire when the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene.
Sheriff Heino says the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified about the crash.
- information from Maddie Kiefer included in this report
(first report: 1:15 p.m. - September 19, 2025)
FERNDALE - A small plane has crashed near the Ferndale Airfield in Flathead County.
The crash happened early Friday afternoon.
There have been three other plane crashes — two of which resulted in deaths — in Flathead County since late July.
We have a reporter on the scene and will have additional information as it becomes available.
