Posted: August 26, 2015
HANCOCK, WI(WAOW) – A pilot was killed when a crop-dusting plane crashed near Hancock on Wednesday, authorities said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro said the pilot was the only person on board the Weatherly 620B single-engine plane when it went down.
Waushara County Sheriff Jeff Nett said the pilot was spraying potatoes and the plane carried hazardous materials, requiring emergency crews to go through a decontamination process.
The pilot's name or where the airplane was based were not immediately released.
Nett said the FAA is expected at the scene on Thursday.
Because of the hazardous materials, the state Department of Natural Resources was summoned, Nett said.
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HANCOCK (WAOW) – The Federal Aviation Administration says a crop-dusting plane crashed near Hancock on Wednesday.
FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro said the pilot was the only person on board the Weatherly 620B single-engine plane when it went down.
There was substantial damage to the aircraft but no information was immediately available on the condition of the pilot, Molinaro said in a telephone interview from Des Plaines, Ill.
The plane was spraying agriculture crops at the time, he said.
Date: 26-AUG-2015
Time: 13:15
Type: Weatherly 620B
Owner/operator:
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Substantial
Location: Waushara County at Hancock, WI -
United States of America Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature: Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted wooded terrain during an aerial application flight in Waushara County at Hancock, Wisconsin. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179045
http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2015/08/26/pilot-killed-waushara-county-plane-crash/32446711/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=
http://www.wkow.com/story/29886566/2015/08/26/faa-plane-spraying-crops-crashes-near-hancock
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherly_620