Authorities ID West Valley plane crash victims
Flathead County first responders surround the scene of a deadly airplane crash in the West Valley on Saturday, April 30. (Carol Marino/Daily Inter Lake)
Authorities on Thursday identified the two people who died in a small plane crash April 30 in the West Valley area.
Kalispell resident Joe Angle, 63, and Hungry Horse resident Kimberly Hebert, 61, died after the single-engine plane went down on property on Church Drive between West Valley Drive and Farm to Market Road.
According to FAA preliminary accident and incident data, the airplane was a deregistered Bearhawk and classified as an experimental aircraft. The registration, which expired in June 2021, listed Angle as the plane owner.
A preliminary report on the crash from the National Transportation Safety Board is expected some time this month.