Investigation into plane crash near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport that killed 3 continuing
VIENNA — The investigation into what caused a twin-engine plane to crash Friday evening outside the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, killing all three of its passengers, continues today.
Anthony Trevena, executive director of the Western Reserve Port Authority, which oversees operations at the airport in Vienna, said officials with the National Transportation Safety Board were due to arrive this afternoon at the crash site, which is a field just north of King Graves Road.
The plane was not associated with the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station, which is adjacent to the airport and uses its runways.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Ohio State Highway Patrol also are investigating the crash.
Killed in the crash were three people from New York, a man, woman and a child.
According to Trevena, the crash happened around 7 p.m. The plan departed from New York and needed to make an emergency landing.
It appears, Trevena said, the plane’s left engine failed. It missed the approach to land and when it circled back to approach its landing again, it lost control and crashed.
Trevena said firefighters with the reserve station and township, other first responders, and maintenance employees with the airport, responded quickly to the crash. He said the job they did was “incredible.”