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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Aviation Ping!...................
I like aviation news. I watch Blancolirio regularly. I fly a Comanche 250.
I am frustrated about how every aircraft accident draws national attention, often for several days on legacy media. At the same time there are hundreds of fatalaties in automobiles and motorcycles and bicycles that don’t move the meter. Some people are killed by cars while sitting on their porch or even while asleep in their beds.
Although I can speculate on the reasons for this discrepancy, I am still left wondering why.
It’s like the difference between Bear Attacks and Shark attacks.
A shark bites a surfer’s leg and it’s national news.
A bear eats a camper and it doesn’t even get a mention..........
You know why. Same reason gun deaths are reported but more people die from obesity, blunt instruments and auto crashes than guns.
Cars collide routinely. Cars hitting houses isn’t necessarily uncommon.
Planes crashing into houses? That’s notable. Do homeowners policies cover planes & space debris? I’d think so, but it sure would be a problem if they didn’t.
ABC News: "2 hikers injured in bear attack at Yellowstone National Park They "sustained injuries by one or more bears," May 5, 2026
If it had happened at any place other than Yellowstone it would have been just local news...........
It happened in my neighborhood when a drunken idiot ran a stop sign at a "T" intersection. There are now several large boulders making sure it won't happen again!
Wonder why. The NTSB investigates. You figure there must be a road in front of the house to land on, ya know. Need the details.
Steered it right into the garage.............Didn’t even need a tennis ball on a string!.............
Will have to read about the investigative report. I didn’t have time to read the article on it.
Not much info there either. One article said it was a ‘medical aircraft’ whatever that means.........
Seen EXACTLY the same in my hometown in Iowa. He got hit twice. You wouldn’t think Rocks would be expensive, but they are. To transport and “install”, mainly. 3 very large boulders.
A couple few years ago, someone tripping on LSD stole an idling tractor trailer unattended (whilst naked, naturally) led Police on a chase, ultimately crashing into a house. The homeowner was almost killed sleeping in his bed. Totaled the house, I’m sure.
I think it’s fair to day that per passenger mile commerical aviation is much safer than automobile travel, but “general aviation”, especially by private pilots, is much more dangerous than auto travel.
Commercial Airline Deaths: ~0.003 per 100 million passenger miles.
Driving Deaths: ~0.57–1.11 per 100 million vehicle miles.
General Aviation Safety: 0.7-0.9 per 100,000 flight hours or about 4-5 per 100 million miles, assuming an average speed of 150 kt.
Aviation accidents tend to be more dramatic, and often involve celebrities, like John Denver, or Roy Halladay.
It is interesting that 14 major league baseball players have died in aviation accidents, and although major league teams take about 25 flights per season, no major league team has ever been involved in a fatal accident as a team. General aviation death is a disease of the affluent.
FWIW, at the current fatality rate, one would expect to lose one major league player every 300 years due to team travel on commerical air, or one team every 100,000 years.
Our town won’t allow rocks by the street because they don’t play well with the snow plows.
MedEvac I guess ... flying a patients to a hospital? But usually helicopters are used. Dunno.
* Correction: The expected loss rate of teams would be once very 100,000 years per team. With 32 teams, we expect to lose one every 3,000 years on average. Is baseball worth this risk?
Eh, not a cause for concern. The boulder barriers are placed far enough from the street and easement, if snowplows were to hit them, that’s their problem.
People aren't supposed to fly. Plus they are likely richer than the dead in auto accidents.
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