ENNIS, MONTANA — Senator Tim Sheehy made an emergency landing in a field near Ennis, Montana, on April 10, 2026, after experiencing engine failure while piloting a private plane. Neither Sheehy nor a co-pilot who accompanied him on the flight was injured.

The plane landed near the town of Ennis after the engine failed during flight. A minor fuel leak was reported at the landing site, according to police. Police said the incident is under review and that federal aviation authorities have been notified about the emergency landing.

Sheehy is a Federal Aviation Administration-certified commercial pilot and a certified flight instructor, according to his Senate website. He completes a flight training exercise twice a year, according to a statement issued by his chief of staff.

The April 10, 2026, incident was not the first time Sheehy had been involved in a serious aviation event. In 2019, while training as a student pilot, he was involved in a fatal plane crash in Florida. The plane struck a home during that crash, killing the flight instructor who was onboard and injuring a teenage girl who was inside the residence at the time, according to police. Sheehy sustained minor injuries in the 2019 crash, police said. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the 2019 crash included testimony from Sheehy in which he stated that he was not piloting the aircraft at the time it went down.

Sheehy has served in the U.S. Congress since 2025. Before entering Congress, he served as a Navy SEAL and completed deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. He left the military in 2014 after being wounded in the line of duty.