**UPDATE** Ashtabula Post investigating fatal plane crash on SR 307

 

The airplane departed from the Germack Airport in Geneva and crashed a short time later.

 

Alan C. Kettunen, 75, Geneva, received fatal injuries as a result of the crash. Jeffrey J. Roth, 59, Madison, received non life-threatening injuries.

 

The incident remains under investigation.

 

 

Ashtabula Post investigating fatal plane crash on SR 307

 

Ashtabula – The Ashtabula Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal airplane crash that occurred just after 10 a.m. on May 25 on SR 307 in Ashtabula County, Harpersfield Township.

 

The preliminary investigation revealed a Zenith 701, stuck a tree and crashed near SR 307.  The Harpersifield Township Fire Department confirmed that a pilot and a passenger were onboard the aircraft.  One of the occupants received fatal injuries as a result of the crash, and the second occupant received non life-threatening injuries.

 

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office, Harpersfield Fire department and EMS, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.

 

The incident remains under investigation.