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Small plane crashes into Ashland County home, injuring 2 aboard
The aircraft reportedly experienced a possible engine failure before striking a residence in Montgomery Township. The person inside the home was not injured.
Author: Dave DeNatale
ASHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — Two people aboard a small plane suffered minor injuries Monday afternoon after the aircraft crashed into a home in Ashland County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers responded to the crash on Township Road 523 in Montgomery Township at approximately 2:41 p.m. Oct. 26, the OSHP said in a release.
The preliminary investigation found that a 1968 twin-engine Beechcraft Baron B55, piloted by Richard J. Nardone, 74, of Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania, was traveling eastbound from Vermilion, Illinois, to Scranton, Pennsylvania, when it reportedly experienced a possible engine failure.
The aircraft initially struck a cornfield before continuing into a private yard and hitting a residence. The plane then came to rest in an adjacent farm field, according to the patrol.
Nardone and his passenger, Christina M. Stephens, 25, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, sustained minor injuries. Both were treated and released at the scene by Ashland Fire & EMS.
One person was inside the residence when the plane struck it. That person was not injured, authorities said.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash with assistance from the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, Ashland Fire & EMS and the Federal Aviation Administration.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
You can see photos from the crash scene courtesy of Ashland County Pictures below:
https://www.wkyc.com/article/traffic/incidents/ashland-county-plane-crash-township-road-sheriff-ohio-state-highway-patrol/95-312fee15-9d7f-4b7a-a97d-7dd383dbdc58
Surveillance video shows plane crash in Edgecombe County
Pilot walked away from single-engine plane crash while landing at a private airstrip near Stallings Road in Macclesfield, south of Rocky Mount.
By Flynn Snyder, WRAL reporter
A pilot was able to walk away from a small plane crash in Edgecombe County on Monday.
Surveillance video from a neighbor showed the moment the single-engine plane appeared to clip power lines and crash into trees while landing at a home airstrip near Stallings Road in Macclesfield, south of Rocky Mount.
The pilot was the only person onboard. People nearby rushed over to help.
"[We heard] a loud boom and we hauled over here," said David Saulter, who lives in the area and called 911.
The impact left the plane's wheels and wings broken.
There were plane parts scattered across the grass.
Saulter said the pilot was "mighty lucky."
The surveillance video showed the pilot escape the wreckage.
"When we got over here, he had already got out of the plane and had a cut on his forehead. We just asked if he's alright." said Saulter.
The pilot, who had cuts and a bandage on his head, did not want to be on camera. FAA records identify the plane's owner as John Miller of Macclesfield.
Neighbors told WRAL he flies often and likely misjudged how low he was flying.
Data from FlightRadar24 showed the plan took off around 9:20am before it crashed 20 minutes later.
The FAA is investigating.
Neighbors said power lines were repaired soon after the crash.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/private-plane-crash-edgecombe-county-october-2026/
NTSB Prelim: Lancair IV
The Airplane Impacted Power Lines Along The South Side Of A Roadway
Location: Haslet, TX Accident Number: CEN27FA006
Date & Time: October 7, 2026, 09:52 Local Registration: N5SV
Aircraft: Lancair IV Injuries: 1 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
On October 7, 2026, at 0952 central daylight time, an Lancair IV-P airplane, N5SV, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Haslet, Texas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 91 personal flight.
A review of commercially available Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed that the flight departed Hicks Airfield (T67), Fort Worth, Texas, about 0951. ADS-B data showed that the airplane climbed to 875 ft mean sea level (msl) before it entered a left turn. The airplane climbed to 1,000 ft msl and slowed to 84 kts ground speed before it descended.
The airplane impacted power lines along the south side of a roadway. Fragments of composite propeller, fiberglass, and acrylic pieces were found under the power lines. An impact ground scar started about 3 ft from the north edge of the roadway and continued about 6 ft into an adjacent ditch.
An impact crater along with fiberglass debris were located in the bottom of the ditch about 20 ft southwest of the main wreckage. Fire damage to grass and vegetation was observed upslope from the crater.
The main wreckage came to rest upright on the north side of the ditch. It consisted of the fuselage, both wings, engine, and portions of the propeller. The fuselage was aligned along a true heading of 304°. A postimpact fire consumed a majority of the main wreckage.
The horizontal stabilizer and elevator assembly separated from the aft fuselage and came to rest against a brick privacy wall north of the main wreckage. The vertical stabilizer and rudder assembly also separated from the aft fuselage and came to rest at the same privacy wall. The empennage exhibited no evidence of thermal damage.
The wreckage was transported to a secure location for further examination.
FMI: www.ntsb.gov
Today in History
54 Years ago today: On 27 October 1972 Air Inter flight 696, a Vickers Viscount, impacted a mountain, killing 60 occupants; 8 survived the accident.
| Date: | Friday 27 October 1972 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: | Vickers 724 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Air Inter |
| Registration: | F-BMCH |
| MSN: | 50 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 31413 hours |
| Cycles: | 26330 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 60 / Occupants: 68 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km W of Noirétable -  France |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY) |
| Destination airport: | Clermont-Ferrand-Aulnat Airport (CFE/LFLC) |
| Investigating agency:Â | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
Air Inter flight 696, a Vickers Viscount, impacted a mountain, killing 60 occupants; 8 survived the accident.
Flight IT696 departed Lyon for a night time flight to Clermont-Ferrand. It was raining in the area of Clermont-Ferrand, the visibility was around 5 miles with a low 4/8 ceiling at 2300 feet and an overcast at 8000 feet. Near Clermont-Ferrand, the crew had to fly a holding pattern before being cleared to descend to 3600 feet. Then the airplane's radio compass shifted 180-degrees, probably because electrical discharges in the rainfall blocked the signals of the Clermont-Ferrand (CF) NDB. The crew initiated their descent too early and the Viscount collided with a mountain (Pic du Picon) at 1000 feet, 44 km east of the airport.
Cause (translated from French):
The accident is a direct result of a collision with the terrain, which occurred at night in stormy conditions near a cold front, while the aircraft was following an apparently normal approach procedure, but shifted eastward by about 30 km.
The origin of this accident reveals two anomalies.
The first is that the crew was convinced that they were actually over CF when in fact the beacon was more than 30 km away. It seems to be explained only by a strong rotation of the direction finder, whose aberrant character could not be detected by the crew. Still it is necessary to admit moreover that the indications of the direction finder afterwards presented coherent variations with the successive positions of the plane during the double circuit of descent and with the second overflight of the CF beacon.
The second anomaly is characterized by the announcement of the beacon overflight by the aircraft, more than three minutes ahead of an estimated eight minutes. This difference may have been overlooked by the crew because of their confidence in the radio compass indication. One can also think that this difference went unnoticed by the crew either because they forgot to check the time or because of a reading error, as the crew had to face a difficult piloting due to turbulence and the presence of a training pilot could also have been a factor of concern and distraction at that time.
The work of the commission having made it possible to rule out the hypothesis of a pirate transmitter, the erroneous indication of the radio compass could have resulted either from a defect in the installation of the on-board antenna system associated with certain conditions of the electric field, or more probably from very localized precipitation which accompanied the cold front in the zone of the accident and which could have constituted a kind of transmitter (series of microdischarges) sufficiently powerful to be, during this phase of flight, detected by the aircraft's radio compass by suffocating the CF field.
The interception of the ILS localizer probably strengthened the crew's conviction.
In addition, it is not impossible that the light halo of the city of Thiers, perhaps visible at certain times, may have been an additional motivating factor.
Although the instructor pilot had the reputation of attaching great importance to a cross-checking of positions, which was possible in particular by the radial of Moulins, it seems that the crew did not do anything about it.
The commission, in definite, admits the possibility of an aberrant indication of a radio compass, but cannot explain the reasons that prevented the crew from correctly controlling the point from which the descent was started and continued.
