An Air Tractor AT-401B spray plane crashed in a field at 2300 block of 170th Avenue and just south of St. John-St. Andrew Road, northwest of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.

The accident happened at about 11 p.m. on July 17, after the yellow colored plane took off from Beloit airport at 10:45 p.m.

The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed that Garrett Moore, 23, who was piloting the plane and was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. The plane was also completely damaged and hardly recognizable.

The plane’s wreckage was spotted the next morning by an Ellis County farmer who was visiting the nearby pasture to check on his cows. The engine of the plane had cooled down by the time it was reported.

The plane was owned by Frontier Ag in Oakley. Moore worked as an aviation pilot and a location trainee for the company.

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Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 13:25:00Z
Regis#: N7811W
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: POTEAU
State: Oklahoma
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES NEAR ROBERT S. KERR AIRPORT, POTEAU, OK

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 17:15:00Z
Regis#: N96037
Aircraft Make: TAYLORCRAFT
Aircraft Model: BC12
Event Type: Accident
Damage: Substantial
City: INDEPENDENCE
State: Oregon
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING FLIPPED OVER, INDEPENDENCE, OR

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 16:40:00Z
Regis#: N7720P
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA24
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: HESPERIA
State: California
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT, HESPERIA, CA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 16:30:00Z
Regis#: N36538
Aircraft Make: AIR TRACTOR
Aircraft Model: AT400
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: DUMAS
State: Arkansas

Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GROUND LOOPED, BILLY FREE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DUMAS, AR

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 20:28:00Z
Regis#: N286AM
Aircraft Make: AVIAT
Aircraft Model: A1
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
City: BETTLES
State: Alaska
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED ONTO A GRAVEL BAR, 125 MILES FROM BETTLES, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 20:44:00Z
Regis#: N230AK
Aircraft Model: S18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: HUMBOLDT
State: South Dakota
Description: AIRCRAFT, EXPERIMENTAL SUPER 18, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A FIELD, NEAR HUMBOLDT, SC

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 10:46:00Z
Regis#: N10PZ
Aircraft Make: QUEST
Aircraft Model: KODIAK100
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: WESTPORT
State: Massachusetts
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WESTPORT, MA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 15:45:00Z
Regis#: N4514S
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 33
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: ENNIS
State: Texas
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, RANKIN, ELLIS COUNTY, 10 MILES FROM ENNIS, TX

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 15:22:00Z
Regis#: N13622
Aircraft Make: ROCKWELL
Aircraft Model: 690
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Destroyed
City: EAST HAVEN
State: Connecticut
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HOUSES 1/4 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED AND 2 PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE FATALLY INJURED, EAST HAVEN, CT

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 12:30:00Z
Regis#: N25QL
Aircraft Make: RAVEN
Aircraft Model: S55A
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Unknown
City: ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU
Country: Canada
DESCRIPTION
Description: N25QL RAVEN S55A HOT AIR BALLOON IN LANDING, 1 PERSON ON THE GROUND WAS FATALLY INJURED, AT ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, SAINT GREGOIRE, QUEBEC, CANADA
INJURY DATA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 16:55:00Z
Regis#: N22PA
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 24
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: LINCOLNTON
State: North Carolina
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, LINCOLNTON, NC

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 14:58:00Z
Regis#: N27BD/BA100
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Unknown
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: KILLEEN
State: Texas
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL BA-100, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR KILLEEN, TX

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 18:52:00Z
Regis#: N2559Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA23
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
City: BILLINGS
State: Montana
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BILLINGS, MT

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 12-AUG-13
Time: 09:57:00Z
Regis#: N4969J
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28R
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: FREDERICKSBURG
State: Virginia
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON A PARKING LOT, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
Total Fatal: 0

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 21:54:00Z
Regis#: N557BB
Aircraft Make: RANS
Aircraft Model: S12
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: DORCHESTER
State: Maryland
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN THE WATER OFF ELLIOTT ISLAND, NEAR DORCHESTER, MD

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 14:30:00Z
Regis#: N61JB
Aircraft Make: MITSUBISHI
Aircraft Model: MU2B
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: COLUMBUS
State: Ohio
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COLUMBUS, OH

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 21:05:00Z
Regis#: N73091
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 172
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: None
City: NEW LONDON
State: New Hampshire
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON A HIGHWAY, NEAR NEW LONDON, NH

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 17:28:00Z
Regis#: N8147J
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA32
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: ALEXANDRIA
State: Louisiana
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, ALEXANDRIA, LA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 01:45:00Z
Regis#: N82736
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
City: FAREWELL LAKE
State: Alaska
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK THE PROP, FAREWELL LAKE AIRSTRIP, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 20:38:00Z
Regis#: N88448
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: J3C
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
City: TITUSVILLE
State: Florida
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT, FLIPPED ONTO ITS NOSE, TITUSVILLE, FL

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 18:30:00Z
Regis#: N894CT
Aircraft Make: DIAMOND
Aircraft Model: DA20
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: ATLANTA
State: Georgia
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT, ATLANTA, GA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 14:30:00Z
Regis#: UNREG
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Minor
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: WATERLOO
State: Indiana
Description: UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR WATERLOO, IN
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0

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What: Miles Flying Service AT80 AIR TRACTOR AT-802A
Where: Paragould Arkansas
When: May 23, 2012, 11:35 a.m
Who: 1 severe injury, 1 fatality
Why: Two agricultural planes, a Beech Grove Grumman G164C and a Miles Flying Service AIR TRACTOR AT-802A collided in midair during an aerial application (crop-dusting) activity. The planes flew from Craighead and Greene county airstrips. One plane was flying S-N, the other was flying E-W. The planes turned into one another at the field’s corner and they impacted ground separated by 300 yards near County Road 322 and Highway 168 in Greene County.

One person on the Gurmman was fatally injured; one person on the Air tractor had serious injuries. The accident occurred sixteen miles from Paragould arkansas. A medical helicopter evacuated the injured pilot.

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What: Air Tractor Tanker in Corsica, France
Where: Between Pouzolles and Laurens, about 15km N. of Béziers, Hérault Reg France
When: October 8, 2011 at 11:15
Who: 1 aboard
Why: A fire in Corsica brought about by dry weather conditions was in the process of being fought by 200 firefighters. One of several airborn vehicles fighting the fire, a water tanker, crashed. Only the pilot was aboard the craft

The pilot managed to escape from the plane, and had a slight head wound. The tanker was a total loss.

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What: Air Tractor AT-802, registered to FAASA Group Aerodromo Sebastian Almagro Ctra, operated by FAASA Chile Servicios Aeros LTDA en route from a landing strip in the vicinity of Santa Juana, Chile
Where: Santa Juana, Chile
When: January 9, 2011
Who: Pilot, passenger
Why: While maneuvering at a low altitude (water drop) during a fire fighting mission, the plane collided with trees. The Spanish pilot, Antonio Fernandez, died in the crash. An observer was injured. The tanker is owned by la empresa Faasa Chile.

The injured observer, David Guzman Henriquez was hospitalized at Hospital del Trabajador Concepción

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