(Denison, Iowa) – Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today (Monday) released additional information with regard to a helicopter crash that occurred Sunday morning, in Crawford County. The report says a Bell 206 helicopter was conducting an “aerial application” (Crop dusting a corn field ) at around 6:18-a.m. CT, Sunday, when the Aircraft struck a power line and crashed into a dry creek bed” near Denison.

The pilot – whose name was not released – was extricated from the helicopter by mechanical means. The individual and sole occupant of the aircraft,  suffered serious injuries and was flown by Life Flight helicopter to an Omaha hospital.