Piper PA-28-180 accident near West Yellowstone, MT
On July 18, 2025, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near West Yellowstone, MT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 18, 2025
- Place
- West Yellowstone, MT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.597°N, 111.131°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250718200571
NTSB summary
On July 17, 2025, about 2358 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180, N7186W, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near West Yellowstone, Montana. The pilot and two pilot rated passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot and two pilot rated passengers had planned to complete a series of flights together, while two of the three pilots were building night, cross country flight time. According to preliminary ADS-B data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the airplane landed on runway 01 at Yellowstone Airport (WYS), West Yellowstone, Montana, at 2246, and departed from runway 19 at 2353. Once airborne, the airplane’s flightpath drifted left of the runway centerline, then remained on a parallel course to the runway’s extended centerline. About 3 miles southwest of WYS, the airplane initiated a left turn to the south. About 45 seconds later, the airplane turned left to a southeasterly heading. About 28 seconds later, a right turn was initiated and continued until the end of the flight track data. No altitude information was recorded within the ADS-B data. According to the pilot of another airplane that landed at WYS near the time of the accident, he was inbound on an instrument flight plan and had been cleared to fly the ILS approach to runway 01 at WYS. When he was about 10 miles from WYS, he transmitted on the WYS common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF), his position and intention to fly a straight in approach to runway 01. As he completed
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
