The Lewis & Clark County Sheriff's Office and Lincoln Fire & Rescue are reporting that one man died in the Friday night plane crash near the Lincoln, Montana, airport.

Lincoln resident John Perkins was on his porch when the plane crashed less than 100 yards away from his home: "I saw it and I dove onto the ground because of a big explosion."

Madelyn Heath reports from Lincoln - watch:

According to officials, the pilot was flying into the airport to go hunting this weekend. While making his approach at around 9:15 p.m., the plane crashed about a half-mile from the landing strip into some trees.

"Could not really tell what happened," said Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse, "Just that there is a lot of debris and a lot of fire, so we worked the edges a little bit to keep it from spreading out

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