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Small plane crashes on Wildhorse wind site; operator outlines soil cleanup and monitoring plan
Summary
Puget Sound Energy and Wildhorse staff told the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council that a private plane crashed on March 4 on PSE-owned land at the Wildhorse wind project; responders recovered the pilot, removed wreckage and crews removed contaminated snow and ice and plan bioremediation and sampling under MTCA standards.
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council heard a detailed briefing on March 2025 about a private plane crash on Puget Sound Energy-owned land at the Wildhorse Wind Power Project and the operator’s planned cleanup and monitoring actions.
In a report to the council, Jennifer Galbraith, the Wildhorse Wind Power Project representative, said the small private plane went missing March 4. Searchers located the wreckage March 5 on PSE-owned property on the north slope of Whiskey Mountain, roughly half a mile southwest of the Wildhorse substation. A LifeFlight crew found the pilot deceased, and the National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are continuing an investigation, Galbraith said.
Galbraith told the council the pilot likely…
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