Six people killed in plane crash in Trumbull County
An investigation is underway after a plane crash in Trumbull County killed six people early Sunday.
Scripps News – WEWS Cleveland
A small plane crash in Ohio killed six people on Sunday, June 29, when the aircraft plummeted into a wooded area shortly after takeoff.
The twin-engine Cessna 441 went down around 7 a.m., a few miles from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, located in Howland Township, about 20 miles east of Akron, reported the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
There were no survivors, Western Reserve Port Authority Executive Director Anthony Trevena said in a Sunday press conference.
Trumbull County Coroner Lawrence D’Amico identified the victims on Monday, multiple outlets reported. Pilot and co-pilot Joseph Maxin, 63, and Timothy Blake, 55, were among the dead, along with passengers James Weller, 67, his wife Veronica Weller, 68, their son John Weller, 26, and his wife Maria Weller, 34. The family was headed to Montana on vacation, D’Amico told local media.
Officials told area news station WTOL11 that the plane crashed into a backyard of a home two miles from the airport, making the crash site “difficult” to access.
Emergency crews from the Howland Fire Department and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station responded to the crash site and put out the resulting fire. Trumbull County hazmat crews worked to contain and clean up spilled fuel from the wreckage.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which sent investigators to the scene.
(This story was updated to include video.)
