Arkansas man, 35, dies in crop duster crash
Posted: August 18, 2015
Woodruff County, AR
A 35-year-old man is dead following a crop duster crash Tuesday.
Woodruff County Sheriff Phil Reynolds says Chad Powell, of Wynne, was spraying beans in a crop duster plane, when the plane clipped a telephone pole. The plane traveled two miles before crashing. Sheriff Reynolds reports Powell was killed on impact.
The crash site was near County Road 744 in the community of Wiville. The plane was registered to Reynolds Flying Service out of McCrory.
Unfortunately the highest risk faced by these air tractor pilots are the low-lying objects such as utility poles, electric wires, trees and so on. RIP.
| Date: | 18-AUG-2015 |
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| Type: | Air Tractor |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | North of Wiville, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
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The aircraft clipped a power pole and impacted terrain during an aerial application flight north of Wiville, Arkansas. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178796
http://www.katv.com/story/29827334/arkansas-man-35-dies-in-crop-duster-crash