The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 1:40-p.m. today (Saturday), the Marshall County Communications Center received a report of an airplane crash in the 2700-block of Parker Avenue, near Haverhill (Iowa). As deputies arrived, they located the pilot outside the aircraft, which was being used to apply agricultural chemicals. The pilot, John Yost, was not injured during the landing and the aircraft sustained minor damage to a wing during the emergency landing.

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It was reported by the pilot the empty aircraft was experiencing mechanical problems as it was heading back the the airport. The pilot decided to make a controlled emergency landing in a nearby hayfield. The aircraft is owned and operated by John Yost, contracted by Meyer Ag Service to apply agricultural chemicals.