EL RENO, OK (NewsDakota.com) – A Pond Creek, OK man who owns an aerial spraying business that services several North Dakota communities has died in a plane crash.

Andy Deterding of Andy Deterding Ag Aviation died Wednesday evening after his crop-duster plane struck a cell tower guidewire near El Reno, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Deterding was pronounced dead at the scene.

The news was shared on Facebook in a post from his son. Deterding was flying an Ayres S2R over agriculture fields spraying herbicides.

Deterding owns several bases in many different states including Oklahoma, Kansas, Oregon, and North Dakota. His North Dakota bases are located in Carrington, Pettibone, and Wimbledon.