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Niles Man Involved in 1 of 2 Ohio Plane Crashes

A 60-year-old Niles man was not injured when his plane went down in northern Summit County on Sunday afternoon.

The state patrol says the pilot reported a mechanical problem, and the plane crashed in a field behind some homes in Richfield Township.

The pilot was not injured.

He was the only person on board.

He hit a fence on the way down.

Meantime, a Salisbury Maryland man was killed in a plane crash Friday afternoon near Ironton at the southern end of Ohio.