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Crop Duster in May Have Hit Power Lines Before Crash
BRITT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a crop dusting plane that crashed Tuesday near Britt killing the pilot appears to have struck a power line before landing in a cornfield.
Hancock County Sheriff Scott Dodd says it looks like the plane was flying west when it struck a power line. He says it then dipped down into the field and mowed off corn plants, clipped a power pole then cart-wheeled to the crash site. The pilot, 38-year-old John A. Larson of Buffalo Center was killed. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that family members and media were allowed onto the crash site Friday. The site was not available to access prior because of a chemical exposure threat. The official investigation is under way by the Federal Aviation Administration and is not complete. Most Popular |
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