JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFGO) – A crop duster pilot from Louisiana was not hurt after crashing his plane just after take-off west of Jamestown around 9 a.m. Thursday.
The Highway Patrol said Michael Carrigee, 29, of Bush, Louisiana did not gain enough speed to create the lift needed for take-off. The crash happened near a private airstrip where the plane struck a barbed wire fence, went down a ravine, and came to a rest in a field.
The Highway Patrol, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board responded to the scene.
The crash is under investigation.
