WEST MILTON - The pilot of a single-engine plane died in a crash around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of S. Range Line Road and Emerick Road in Miami County.
West Milton Fire Chief Denny Frantz said at 10:30 p.m. that authorities were trying to determine the identity of the man and the origin of the plane. He said emergency responders had located a tail number on the plane and have contacted federal authorities. The coroner is enroute to the scene, he added.
The crash location is just west of West Milton. Range Line is closed at the crash scene. The crash report initially came in from a homeowner who reported hearing a large boom in the area of 6421 Range Line Road. The plane crashed nearly a mile from the road in a corn field.
Miami County Sheriff’s Office deputies were at the scene.
Chief Frantz said the plane did not burn upon impact and that debris was scattered and crumpled.
MIAMI CO., Ohio - Emergency vehicles responded to a report of a small plane crash at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Rescue crews from West Milton and nearby departments begin their investigation into the crash of a single-engine aircraft that went down southwest of West Milton. Miami County 9-1-1 received a call from a resident who heard a low-flying aircraft followed by a loud boom.
There is one confirmed fatality from the crash.
There is speculation that the aircraft may have been heading to nearby Phillipsburg Air Park. Emergency crews searched for about an hour before locating the wreckage in a field approximately a half-mile east of Rangeline and a mile south of Emerick Road.
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Emergency crews from multiple jurisdictions were at the scene of a small plane crash that occurred around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of S. Range Line Road and Emerick Road in Miami County.
Emergency radio traffic indicated at least one fatality. The location is just west of West Milton. Range Line has been closed at the crash location. The crash report initially came in from a homeowner who reported hearing a large boom in the area of 6421 Range Line Road.
The Miami County Sheriff’s Office had deputies at the scene.
At 9:30 p.m., emergency crews were working in an area dense with trees next to a home on Range Line. A faint scent of smoke hung in the air.
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Emergency vehicles from several jurisdictions were responding to a report of a small plane crash around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in a corn field in the vicinity of S. Range Line Road and Emerick Road in Miami County.
The location is just west of West Milton.
No details were immediately available.
A Dayton Daily News reporter is enroute and this story will be updated soon.
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