An airplane carrying two people crashed on Tuesday morning in Fort Smith on the Crow Indian Reservation.
Allen Kenitzer, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, said that an Aviat A-1B Husky crashed at Fort Smith at about 10:30 a.m. "under unknown conditions."
Two people were onboard, but Kenitzer did not have information on their conditions. He referred further questions about their conditions to local authorities and officials with the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office were not available for comment.
Big Horn County Coroner Terry Bullis said he had not been contacted regarding the crash as of 2:10 p.m.
There is a small landing strip at Fort Smith near the Yellowtail Dam afterbay, although it wasn't immediately clear if that's where the crash happened.
According to FAA records, the single-engine, fixed-wing plane is registered to a ranch out of Gillette, Wyo.
The National Transportation Safety Board is in charge of the investigation into the crash with assistance from the FAA and local authorities.
A preliminary NTSB report could be available within two weeks, although the full investigation and report including probably cause typically take months to complete.
More information will be reported as it becomes available.
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