US EditionSmartwatch Led Rescuers to Fatal Plane Crash in Montana Woods
GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA, JUL 21 – Search crews used location data from a victim's smartwatch to find the Piper PA-28 crash site in dense timber, confirming the deaths of all three onboard, officials said.
- On Friday, July 18, 2025, the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office reported three people died when a small plane crashed south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
- On Thursday, July 17, 2025, Federal Aviation Administration records show the Piper PA-28 single-engine plane departed West Yellowstone Airport just before midnight.
- Using the last known smartwatch location, search teams found the wreckage just south of West Yellowstone, after which ground crews navigated dense timber near South Plateau Road.
- Sheriff Dan Springer extended his `deepest condolences` to the Conover and Robey families, thanking agencies for their search and recovery efforts.
- Investigators will examine the crash’s cause, the FAA and NTSB said, with participation from the Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District and U.S. Forest Service.
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Three people died after the accident in a wooded area south of West Yellowstone. Technology was key to finding the site of the disaster.
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Wreckage of Montana Plane Crash Found Using Victim’s Smart Watch Location
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont.—Search teams located the site of an airplane crash that killed three people near Yellowstone National Park using the last known location of the smart watch from one of the victims, authorities said Monday. The single-engine Piper PA-28 aircraft left Montana’s West Yellowstone Airport just before midnight on Thursday, according to Federal Aviation Administration records released Monday. When the aircraft could not be locat…
Smart watch leads search crews to site of fatal plane crash near West Yellowstone
WEST YELLOWSTONE - Three people were killed in an airplane crash just south of West Yellowstone last week.The aircraft had departed the West Yellowstone Airport with three people on board just before midnight on Thursday, July 17. On Friday at approximately 1:40 p.m., West Yellowstone dispatch received a call regarding a possible plane crash.The U.S. Department of Transportation Aero Division reported that the plane, carrying three people, could…
A smartwatch led rescuers to a fatal plane crash in Montana woods
The dense timberlands in a small town near West Yellowstone, Montana, concealed the wreckage of a small plane until an unlikely beacon — a victim’s smartwatch — helped search-and-rescue crews locate the crash site, officials said Monday.
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