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Man found dead after single-engine plane crash in Carroll County


One man is dead after a single-engine plane crash in Carroll County (WTOV).
One man is dead after a single-engine plane crash in Carroll County (WTOV).
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One man is dead after a single-engine plane crash in Carroll County.

Officials believe the plane crashed in Fox Township on Sunday evening, but was not found until around 10 a.m. Friday. The plane was first reported missing Wednesday.

Carroll County deputies and members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol were able to rescue a 10-year-old dog named "Killer" that was inside the plane with the pilot, 83-year-old Willard Olds of Canfield, Ohio, at the time of the crash.

"There was what they found when they were searching the plane, there was a dog found," Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams said. "A little poodle dog and the dog was still alive underneath the seat of the aircraft and the dog was taken from the scene and taken to a veterinarian and checked. The dog is going to be fine. The dog lived for 5 days, and the dog's gonna be fine."

Earlier in the day Sunday, the man flew out of Salem Airport into Carroll County. He later took off from there and the plane, Cesna 182, was located not far from where it was last seen on the radar.

The FAA is investigating along with the OSHP.

Olds has a daughter who lives in Hawaii.


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