Three Found Dead in Crash of Plane From Ocean City, NJ

Published
June 22, 2026
Outcome
Fatal
Location
Bowie, Maryland
near where routes 50 and 301 connect
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Incident type
Aircraft

Summary

Aircraft Bowie Maryland in Bowie, Maryland: A single-engine Piper Cherokee plane that departed Ocean City Municipal Airport in New Jersey on Saturday night crashed in the woods near a residential neighborhood in Bowie, Maryland, at about 11:30 p.m. The aircraft was en route to Montgomery County Air Park in Maryland and may have been on a training flight. Search-and-rescue crews located the wreckage early Sunday and recovered the bodies of three adult men at about 3:45 a.m., according to the Maryland State Police. An iPhone crash alert was received by Prince George's County Public Safety Communications about 15 minutes after the crash, near where routes 50 and 301 connect.

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Three Found Dead in Crash of Plane From Ocean City, NJ

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