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Pilot dies in North Dakota spray plane crash


The pilot of a small crop-dusting plane has died after crashing into a cornfield in east-central North Dakota, authorities said.

The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday south of New Rockford, according to the North Dakota State Highway Patrol.

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The pilot of a crop-dusting plane was killed in a crash in a North Dakota cornfield, officials said.

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The small plane was flying low and spraying a field of sunflowers when it clipped a power line and crashed into an adjacent cornfield, investigators said. The pilot, a 63-year-old man from Jamestown, died instantly.

Authorities have not released the pilot’s name.

The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.


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