Plane crashes into parked plane whereas touchdown at Montana airport, sparking hearth

A small aircraft touchdown on Monday (August 11, 2025) at a Montana airport crashed into parked plane, triggering a big hearth however inflicting no critical accidents, authorities stated.

The single-engine aircraft carrying 4 individuals was making an attempt to land at about 2 p.m. on the Kalispell City Airport, in response to Kalispell Police Chief Jordan Venezio and the Federal Aviation Administration.

A preliminary investigation confirmed the pilot misplaced management, crashing onto the runway earlier than the aircraft struck a number of parked plane, igniting fires on a number of planes, Kalispell police stated. The hearth unfold to a grassy space earlier than it was extinguished, Venezio stated.

The small, city-owned airport is simply south of Kalispell, a metropolis of about 30,000 individuals in northwest Montana.

Witnesses stated a aircraft crash-landed on the finish of the runway and careened into one other plane, Kalispell Fire Chief Jay Hagen stated.

The passengers had been capable of get out on their very own after it got here to a cease, Hagen stated. Two had been barely harm and handled on the airport, he stated.

Ron Danielson manages a close-by inn and stated he heard and noticed the crash earlier than plumes of darkish smoke stuffed the world.

“It appeared like for those who had been to stay your head in a bass drum and any individual smacked it as arduous as they might,” he stated.

The flight originated in Pullman, Washington, in response to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The aircraft was recognized by the FAA as a Socata TBM 700 turboprop. It was in-built 2011 and owned by Meter Sky LLC of Pullman, FAA data present. Company representatives didn’t instantly reply to a phone message in search of remark.

Aviation security marketing consultant Jeff Guzzetti, who used to research crashes for each the FAA and NTSB, stated incidents the place planes crash into parked aircrafts occur a couple of instances a 12 months typically aviation.

In one high-profile incident in February, a Learjet owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil veered off a runway in Scottsdale, Arizona, and crashed right into a parked Gulfstream, killing one particular person. The NTSB stated that crash might have been associated to prior harm to the touchdown gear, however investigators haven’t decided the trigger.