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Fatal Plane Crash in Ohio

What: Mitts Corp Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise en route from Gainesville to Elyria.
Where: Elyria, Ohio
When: Jan 18, 2010 at 2:08 p.m.
Who: Don Brown, 89, and his wife Shirley, 87, of Vermilion Township. Pilot Wesley Roemer, 30, of Gainesville, Fla., and co-pilot John Mengelson, 46, of Florahome, Fla.
Why: The plane reportedly nose-dived into the ground near Lorain County Regional Airport in New Russia Township on approach to the runway. All victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

The NTSB will be reporting.

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