Two killed in small airplane crash near Seeley Lake

SEELEY LAKE – An airplane crash Saturday night, Sept. 12 north of Seeley Lake left two people dead and one hospitalized.

Wayne D. Cahoon, 59, of Seeley lake and Charles E. Wolff, 67 of Green Valley Ariz. died when the Single engineCessna 172 went down north of the Seeley Lake Airport.

A passenger, identified in a GoFundMe page as Christian Cahoon, survived but was badly injured and ultimately taken to a hospital in Washington. According to the Missoula County Sheriff ’s office, a possible plane crash north of Seeley Lake at 9:50 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The Seeley -Swan Pathfinder reported the MCSO received two calls reporting of a possible plane crash just before 10 p.m. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

in Florida provided a rough GPS location for the plane from its Emergency Locator Transmitter. The Pathfinder further reported a ground crew led by U.S. Forest Service Federal Officer Tyler Robinson located the downed plane at 12:52 a.m., Sept. 13.

Due to the smokey conditions life flight was unavailable. The Seely Lake Volunteer Fire Department transported the survivor to Missoula by ambulance.

County Sheriff ’s Deputies, Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue and the Powell County Sheriff ’s Office and Two Bear Air were involved in the search.