What: “AufderHeide Flying Service LLC” Ayres/Snow S2R-600 Thrush Commander
Where: Southwest of De Witt, AR
When: May 4, 2010
Who: pilot Roger Dale Nichols, 51, of DeWitt
Why: The pilot was on a job spraying chemicals on a field west of U.S. 165. When he did not return, the the Civil Air Patrol and the Arkansas Department of Emergency commenced a search, and found the wreckage.
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