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(Update) Pilot killed when crop-duster crashes in northeast Iowa

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August 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

SUMNER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a crop-dusting plane died Thursday when the aircraft crashed just short of a building in northeast Iowa’s Bremer County. The fiery crash occurred around 7:20-a.m. Thursday, a few yards north of Iowa Highway 93 in Sumner. Witnesses told authorities that a wheel came off the low-flying plane when it hit a power line, which knocked out electricity to part of Sumner. Officials say the wheel hit and shattered the glass front doors of a bank, but no other businesses were damaged. The plane then hit a tree and burst into flames. The pilot was identified as 56-year-old David Baker, who lived in Swedesburg.

The crash cause is being investigated.