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Victims Identified as NTSB Continues Probe of Deadly Ohio Plane Crash

With FAA support, the NTSB is probing the June 29 Cessna 441 crash; a preliminary report is expected in about a month.

First responders at the scene of a small plane crash in Howland Township, Ohio that killed 6 on June 29, 2025.
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Overview

  • The NTSB is leading the investigation into the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport takeoff crash with assistance from the FAA and plans to issue initial findings in roughly four weeks.
  • Officials have named the six victims as pilots Joseph Maxin and Timothy Blake along with James Weller, Veronica Weller, John Weller and Maria Weller.
  • The twin-engine Cessna 441 went down seven minutes after departure, plunging into a densely wooded area two miles east of the runway.
  • Howland Township fire crews, the Youngstown Air Reserve Station and hazmat teams navigated difficult terrain to extinguish the blaze and recover all aboard.
  • FAA data shows this marked Ohio’s seventh small-aircraft crash in a year and stands as the deadliest aviation accident in Trumbull County history.