Game warden crashed plane while helping stock fish in western Maine

Written By Maine Environmental News

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 12, 2026

Game Warden pilot Joshua Tibbetts made a low-altitude turn while helping stock fish in waterways before he was killed in a Tuesday plane crash near a western Maine pond. Flight tracking data showed that Tibbetts, 50, took off around 8 a.m. from Dry Pond Seaplane Base on Crystal Lake in Gray, piloting a Cessna A185F Skywagon. He had served 18 years with the Maine Warden Service and became a warden service pilot in late 2023.

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