Pilot dies in North Dakota crop-dusting plane crash
Aircraft inadvertently struck a power line before descending into an adjacent cornfield
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The pilot of a small crop-dusting plane has died after crashing into an east-central North Dakota cornfield, authorities said.
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday south of New Rockford, according to the North Dakota State Highway Patrol.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The pilot of a crop-dusting plane has been killed in a crash in a North Dakota cornfield, officials reported.
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The small plane was flying low and spraying a sunflower field when it clipped a power line and crashed in an adjacent cornfield, investigators said. The pilot, a 63-year-old man from Jamestown, died at the scene.
Officials have not released the pilot’s name.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.