Posted on 05/15/2026 7:30:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Two people are dead after a small aircraft crashed into an Akron residence on Thursday afternoon.
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The crash happened in the 2200 block of Canterbury Circle around 3:45 p.m. Crews responded to reports of heavy black smoke coming from the building.
“We got a call that residents saw a plane going down into the house. We got more calls that people heard explosions and we arrived to heavy smoke coming out of the house,” District Chief Sierjie Lash said.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that the two people aboard the aircraft died in the crash.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the 1963 Piper Cherokee single‑engine aircraft departed from Akron Fulton Airport.
Multiple jurisdictions are responding to the crash, including the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the FAA.
The deadly crash remains under investigation at this time.
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Medevac in a Piper Cherokee? Maybe a Cherokee Six, in which you could get a stretcher.
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