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Accident occurred Thursday, August 18, 2011 in Forsyth, MT
Aircraft: PIPER PA-18-150, registration: N7666D
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On August 18, 2011, about 0925 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-18-150, N7666D, impacted an open area in mountainous terrain near Forsyth, Montana. Big Sky Wildlife Consultants operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a contract flight to count prairie dogs. The commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally injured; the airplane was substantially damaged as a result of impact forces and post impact fire.
According to a witness who was hunting in the area, he observed the airplane fly overhead, and then saw it descend below the mountain tops, then saw smoke.
Officials said two people from Miles City died Thursday in a plane crash near Forsyth.
Mike Fergus, Federal Aviation Administration Northwestern Mountain Region spokesman, said the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft, took off from Miles City sometime on Thursday before it crashed and burst into flames near Forsyth.
"We're still not sure what time it departed, and we're not sure of the time of the actual accident," he said.
Both people on board were killed in the crash, which reported at about 9:30 a.m. between Flat Bottom and Stellar Creeks in Rosebud County. Sheriff Randy Allies, who confirmed the deaths and said both victims were males from Miles City, declined to release more information on the victims pending notification of family members.
Autopsies are scheduled for Friday.
Allies said two hunters heard the airplane flying and then a loud explosion as the plane crashed in a remote area of pastureland near the small community of Vananda, north of Forsyth. Allies said the crash happened in "pretty rough country" and that it took rescue crews about an hour to reach the scene.
Fergus said a pair of investigators was headed to the crash site as of 4 p.m. One of them might arrive Thursday evening and begin the investigation immediately, but that would be at the investigator's discretion, he said.
The crash's cause remains unknown.
According to the National Weather Service, a cold front pushed through the area in the morning and created gusty north-northwest winds of 10 to 25 mph, followed later by light rain and 40 mph gusts.
It is not known whether the weather played a factor in the crash.
Source: http://billingsgazette.com
HELENA, Mont. -- Officials say two people are dead after a single-engine plane took off from Miles City and then crashed in Rosebud County.
Mike Fergus, Federal Aviation Administration Northwestern Mountain Region spokesman, said the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft, took off from Miles City sometime on Thursday before it crashed and burst into flames near Forsyth.
"We're still not sure what time it departed, and we're not sure of the time of the actual accident," he said.
Both people on board were killed in the crash, which reported at about 9:30 a.m. between Flat Bottom and Stellar Creeks in Rosebud County. Sheriff Randy Allies, who confirmed the deaths and said both victims were males from Miles City, declined to release more information on the victims pending notification of family members.
Autopsies are scheduled for Friday.
Allies said two hunters heard the airplane flying and then a loud explosion as the plane crashed in a remote area of pastureland near the small community of Vananda, north of Forsyth. Allies said the crash happened in "pretty rough country" and that it took rescue crews about an hour to reach the scene.
Fergus said a pair of investigators was headed to the crash site as of 4 p.m. One of them might arrive Thursday evening and begin the investigation immediately, but that would be at the investigator's discretion, he said.
The crash's cause remains unknown.
According to the National Weather Service, a cold front pushed through the area in the morning and created gusty north-northwest winds of 10 to 25 mph, followed later by light rain and 40 mph gusts.
It is not known whether the weather played a factor in the crash.
Source: http://billingsgazette.com
HELENA, Mont. -- Officials say two people are dead after a single-engine plane took off from Miles City and then crashed in Rosebud County.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says the Piper PA-18 Super Cub had two people on board when it crashed Thursday near Forsyth.
He declined to identify the victims and said he did not know the plane's planned destination.
Rosebud County Sheriff Randy Allies confirmed two people died in the crash but declined to provide additional details pending notification of the families.
It's the second fatal single-engine plane crash in Montana this week. On Monday, a crash near Butte killed a Montana State University student and a Montana Tech professor.
BILLINGS - Two people are dead after the plane they were in crashed north of Forsyth in Rosebud County.
FAA Spokesman Mike Fergus says the plane burst into flames on impact, making it impossible for fire officials and emergency responders to yet identify the plane.
Fergus says the plane crashed between noon and 1 p.m. today.
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