Crop-dusting pilot killed in western Iowa when plane hits electrical lines
A crop dusting pilot was killed Saturday in a plane crash near Ute, Iowa.
The Monona County 911 Center received a call shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday that an aircraft had crashed near 230th Street and Teak Avenue just south of Ute in west-central Iowa, according to a news release from the Monona County Sheriff's office.
The Monona County Sheriff's office, Ute Fire and Ambulance, St. Luke's Pathology, Western Iowa Power and Monona County Secondary Roads Department all responded to the scene and found a commercial crop-dusting spray plane in the roadway on fire. The caller reported that the plane struck electrical lines and crashed.
The pilot was pronounced at the scene.
As of Sunday morning, the sheriff's department said notifications were still being made and that the pilot's name had not been released. The name of the commercial crop dusting company also was unavailable.
The FAA and NTSB are conducting an investigation.
Teresa Kay Albertson covers crime, courts and local government in Ames and central Iowa for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register. Reach her at talbertson@registermedia.com or 515-419-6098.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Crop-dusting pilot killed in Monona County, Iowa crash
