Overview
- The crash, reported around 3:45 p.m. Thursday in the 2200 block of Canterbury Circle on Akron’s south side, left both people on the Piper PA-28 dead.
- The impact set the house ablaze, prompting evacuations of two homes and no injuries on the ground, according to Akron fire officials.
- Ohio State Highway Patrol said the 1963 Piper Cherokee departed Akron Fulton Regional Airport a few miles from the crash site.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the inquiry, with the FAA and state and local agencies assisting at the active scene.
- Investigators will document the wreckage and pilot and maintenance records before releasing findings, and officials have not identified the two victims.