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Engine trouble preceded fatal Ferndale Airport plane crash, report says

by JACK UNDERHILL
Daily Inter Lake | October 8, 2025 12:00 AM

The pilot killed in the Sept. 19 plane crash at Ferndale Airport was attempting to land when he experienced engine trouble, federal officials say.  

Bradley John Young, 63, departed Kalispell City Airport in his experimental amateur built Murphy SR3500 plane around 11:30 a.m. for a local flight, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the wreck.  

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