ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio -- As soon as the sun came up Thursday morning, officials returned to the scene of a deadly plane crash in Adams County.
Federal investigators arrived to help go over the site where 64-year-old Anthony Schendl crashed his single engine plane around 8:30 Wednesday night.
The Ohio State Patrol says the small experimental plane he was flying had engine trouble and went down about a mile from the Alexander Salamon Airport in West Union.
The coroner was called to the crash site along Cross Road at State Route 247 and pronounced Schendl dead on the scene.
Schendl is from Seaman, Ohio. There is no word yet on how long he had been flying.
"[The plane] started having engine trouble, banked, which we assume to head back to the airport," explained Lt. Brian Rhodes of the Ohio State Patrol, " He ended up crashing into the field behind us. The cockpit caught fire and Mr. Schendl was deceased."
The FAA will inspect the wreckage on Thursday and continue to gather information from witnesses, which includes Schendl's wife, who saw the plane go down.
