Survivor of Montana plane crash released from hospital

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Mar 27, 2008 at 7:39 PM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 27, 2008 at 7:39 PM MDT

BILLINGS - A student pilot whose plane crashed into a mountainside and who later hiked a mile in waist-deep snow to meet rescuers has been released from a Billings hospital.

A spokeswoman for St. Vincent Healthcare says 18-year-old pilot Andrew Scheffer was discharged late Thursday morning, a day after he was rescued on Big Pryor Mountain, about 40 miles south of Billings.

The 18-year-old freshman at Rocky Mountain College was on a solo training flight from Billings to Powell, Wyoming, when the small plane crashed late Tuesday. Scheffer is a student in the college's aviation program and the plane was registered to the school. Scheffer was treated for frostbite, a concussion and various cuts and bruises.

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