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Jefferson County Plane Crash: Deputies Responding to Agriculture Aircraft East of Griderfield

08/26/2015

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Location of Plane Crash: https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B009'48.9%22N+91%C2%B048'36.2%22W/@34.1714796,-91.8106655,14.26z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

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MEDIA CONTACT

Major Lafayette Woods, Jr.

Operation Commander/Public Information Officer

870.541.5351-OFFICE/870.329.5652-CELL

Email: lafayette.woods@jeffcoso.org

JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANE CRASH: DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO AGRICULTURE AIRCRAFT ON WYATT ROAD, EAST OF GRIDERFIELD: Jefferson County, Arkansas – August 26, 2015-Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputies are responding to a plane crash in eastern Jefferson County. At approximately 1:47 p.m., deputies were dispatched to an area east of Griderfield along Highway 65 South in Jefferson County, AR. 

The pilot, Robert Bobby Guthrie (44) sustained minor injuries that appear to be non-life threatening. No other passengers were on board.

The plane was a single engine crop duster.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been notified of the crash.