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Pilot killed in plane crash while crop dusting in Monona County

cigaretteman

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A pilot died Saturday near Ute, Iowa, in Monona County when his plane crashed after striking utility wires while he was crop dusting.


The Monona County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the plane crashed shortly after 1 p.m. near 230th Street and Teak Avenue just south of Ute. The pilot, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 911 caller reported that the plane struck electrical lines prior to the crash. First responders found a plane in the roadway on fire, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are conducting an investigation. Ute is a town of about 340 people located in northwest Iowa.

 
Seems to be a crash or two every year.

a field is against the property line of our house. If we are home you can stand on the deck and the plane is sometimes below the line of sight.

guys are nuts.

also some are now using drones.
 
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Growing up we used to stand at the end of the rows and pretend to shoot them down with anti-aircraft fire. The spray would fly over us as they pulled up. Lord knows what we ingested.
 
Growing up we used to stand at the end of the rows and pretend to shoot them down with anti-aircraft fire. The spray would fly over us as they pulled up. Lord knows what we ingested.
I remember my dad standing in the field with flags so the plane would know where they had been. The amount of chemicals older farmers were exposed to is nuts.
 
Growing up we used to stand at the end of the rows and pretend to shoot them down with anti-aircraft fire. The spray would fly over us as they pulled up. Lord knows what we ingested.
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