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Showing posts with label crop duster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crop duster. Show all posts

2008/08/16

Corn Crop Dusting Crash




What: 1964 Hiller helicopter owned by Triple H Aviation in Big Lake
Where: in a corn field near the 7400 block of Wright County Road 3 SW
When: 7 a.m. Friday.
Who: Pilot Robert Hook was crop dusting when the incident occurred. He was treated for minor injuries.
Why: The helicopter hit a power line and crashed. The incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration

2008/07/14

Mitchell Georgia plane crash and fatality




What: cropduster
Where: a field near Pelham
When: 10:00 AM Saturday morning
Who: 62-year-old Gifford Flynt
Why: his crop duster crashed in Fred B. Hand's pecan field just off Highway 93. Cause unknown. Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating

2008/06/25

Cropduster crash in Glenns Ferry



What: single-engine crop duster owned by Valley Air Service
Where: farm field off Noble Road about 10 miles south of Glenns Ferry
When: 7:30 a.m. Tuesday
Who: Jamie Nau, 21
Why:Plane slowed down and nosedived on the way back from cropdusting.

2008/05/15

Crop Dusting Fatality

What: 1995 Air Tractor, model AT502B Crop dusting plane
Where: Wheatley in St. Francis County Arkansas
When: Wednesday May 14
Who: Pilot Michael Poe of Forrest City, Arkansas. Poe's father died during a plane accident in 2005.
Why:Plane lost power and went down nose-first pilot was dropping fertilizer on a rice field. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating