Castle Rock pilot dies in small-plane crash
Associated Press
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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A single-engine airplane crashed in a residential neighborhood in this western Ohio town shortly after takeoff Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring a passenger, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The plane, a two-seat Helton Lark 95 manufactured in 1966, took off from nearby Moraine Air Park and flew over the Great Miami River before crashing into trees and a utility pole. The plane ended up in the yard of a home.
Darrell Montgomery, a maintenance worker at the air park, said the plane began sputtering as it was flying over the river.
The pilot, Leonard Evan Notek, 37, of Castle Rock, was dead at the scene, investigators said. Notek was a pilot for Frontier Airlines. His passenger, Nikki Romero, 35, was listed in good condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
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