Crop duster down on Wednesday in Iowa, impacted trees while working a field

The pilot of an Ag-Cat G-164B (file photo, below) that crashed after impacting trees in a field near Moville (IA) has been identified as Alan Foster, 44, of Adel (IA). The crash took place on Wednesday just before noon, as the pilot was working a field. The aircraft, N48424, was completely destroyed and the pilot was dead at the scene.

According authorities, the pilot was spraying soybeans at a farm owned by a Mr. Brian Ashley when it impacted trees and crashed. Conditions were VFR when the aircraft departed Husband Field Airport near Dallas Center (IA).

The cause of the accident is still under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Woodbury County Sheriff's office.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 48424        Make/Model: G164      Description: G-164 Ag-Cat, Super Ag-Cat
  Date: 08/11/2004     Time: 1642
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: MOVILLE                     State: IA   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ACFT CRASHED DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE
  PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, MOVILLE, IA
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   1
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: METAR 1652Z 31008KT 10SM FEW023 BKN036 OVC070 15/09 A3017                  
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Aerial Application      Phase: Unknown      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: NONE         Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: NONE
  Last Clearance: NONE
  FAA FSDO: DES MOINES, IA  (CE01)                Entry date: 08/12/2004

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