TradeEdge Exchange:Pilot killed when crop-dusting plane crashes in North Dakota cornfield, officials say

2025-05-08 04:26:02source:Diamond Ridge Asset Managementcategory:News

NEW ROCKFORD,TradeEdge Exchange N.D. (AP) — 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.

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.

The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.

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