A solo pilot is dead after crashing a single-engine airplane while attempting to land at a recreational airstrip in West Glacier yesterday afternoon, according to officials with the Martin City Fire Department.

Emergency personnel responded to the crash on Aug. 12 at 3:02 p.m. at Ryan Field, but the victim was deceased upon arrival.

The pilot’s body was recovered from the plane after Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board officials arrived.

The plane crash was the second this week after an aircraft on Monday afternoon crashed on the Kalispell City Airport runway. The pilot and three passengers were able to safely evacuate. Last month, two people died after a small plane veered off the runway and caught fire at Ryan Field on July 28.

Ryan Field is a

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