HELENA, Mont. -- A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks official says a single-engine plane that crashed and killed two people in eastern Montana was conducting a prairie-dog survey for the agency.
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub with two people on board took off from Miles City Thursday morning and crashed near Forsyth, bursting into flames after impact.
Authorities have not released the names of the victims. Messages left for Rosebud County Sheriff Randy Allies were not immediately returned on Friday.
The plane is registered to Miles City resident Chad Cyrus, who owns Big Sky Wildlife Consultants.
FWP spokesman Ron Aasheim says Thursday's flight was part of a prairie-dog survey that Big Sky Wildlife was conducting for the agency under contract.
Messages left with Big Sky Wildlife were not immediately returned on Friday.
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