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.

(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.

Watch the full story: 1 person dies in small plane crash near Ferndale Airfield

Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino confirmed the death with MTN, adding that the plane was badly damaged in the crash.

Maddie Kiefer/MTN News

The aircraft was on fire when the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene.

Sheriff Heino says the National Transportat

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