3 Found Dead After Plane Carrying Alabama Family Crashes in Montana
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
October 20, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. An Alabama family of three died in a plane crash in the Montana wilderness, according to the county sheriff’s office.
Authorities received information that a plane had gone down in a rural, heavily wooded area, and law enforcement and search and rescue teams were dispatched to the area.
Huntsville pilot Mark Anderson and his daughters, Lainey and Ellie, who went missing while flying to Polson, Montana, were located, all deceased on scene.
“Members of the Powell County Coroner’s Office, Missoula County Search and Rescue, with assistance from the Montana DNRC arrived on scene,” the sheriff’s office posted.
“The last known position was in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Northern Powell County. Air resources were deployed from Malstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls and continued to search until around midnight,” that post stated.
The Powell County Sheriff’s Office turned the investigation over to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause of the crash.
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