Overview

• The Piper PA-28 took off from West Yellowstone Airport shortly before midnight on July 17 and lost contact hours later
• Search teams used location data from a passenger’s smartwatch to guide aircraft to the wreck southwest of South Plateau Road on July 18
• Crews found the downed plane in dense timber south of West Yellowstone, confirming the deaths of all three occupants
• Victims were identified as Rodney Conover, 60, and Madison Conover, 23, of Tennessee, and 55-year-old Kurt Enoch Robey of Utah
• The FAA and NTSB have opened a formal investigation and are reviewing device and site evidence to establish the crash’s cause