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Two Killed in Single-Engine Airplane Accident Near Montour, Idaho

An accident record lists two people on board and two fatalities in the January 27 accident; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:02 a.m. ET
people were killed when a single-engine airplane was involved in an accident near Montour, Idaho, on January 27, 2026, at about 6:00 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities. The event remains under investigation and details are still developing. The accident record identifies the aircraft as , a CubCrafters-type CCX-1865, and lists the flight as a Part 91 general aviation operation. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, according to the record. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records list as a single-engine piston landplane, serial number CCX-1865-0016, with a CubCrafter CC340 engine, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. FAA registry data compiled by FlightAware and RegoSearch shows LLC as an aircraft-holding entity with a registry address in Yakima, Washington, and as owner of record of at least experimental-category CubCrafters-type airplanes; no company website, business description or operating certificate for the entity could be located in available sources. As a matter of record, one earlier case involves the same owner of record: accident WPR20CA142, dated May 8, 2020, involving N363EX, a CCX-2000 registered to LLC, at Heber City, Utah. That history says nothing about the cause of this accident. Geographic reference data places Montour in Gem County, Idaho, at a settlement elevation of ,516 feet, 5.5 miles NW of Sands Airport, 6.3 miles NW of Summit Ridge Ranch Airstrip and 11 miles ENE of Lanham Field. Weather observations recorded at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, 25.4 miles away and seven minutes from the reported time of the accident, show calm wind, visibility of 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 37°F. Those are instrument readings and are not a stated factor in the accident.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N126C
Type
N126c Llc CCX-1865 — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CUBCRAFTER CC340
Registered owner
N126c LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
2,516 ft
Nearest aerodrome
5.5 miles NW of Sands Airport (US-0561)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:02current

    Corrected the bearings to nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data and added Summit Ridge Ranch Airstrip; clarified that the 2,516 ft figure is the settlement's elevation.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 18:38

    First published.

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