Pilot dies in Beaver County plane crash

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Amarillo, TX - Oklahoma state police say the pilot of a single engine plane is dead after a crash in Beaver County Monday morning.

At 10:00 a.m., just south of Bryan's Corner, Oklahoma, the right wing of a 1983 Air Tractor struck the top of a weather tower, which sent the plane into a flat spin.

The plane crashed in an empty field, landing on its top.

The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

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