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Charles Wagner, 73, killed, after his single-engine aircraft crashed, at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and State Route 32, near Albany.

Date:

Saturday, April 5, 2014

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One person was killed when a small plane crashed near Albany, Ohio.

Athens County reported it happened near the intersection of US Route 50 and SR 32 around 6:35 p.m.

First responders said the pilot, Charles Wagner, 73, Athens County, was the only person in the small four person single engine aircraft.

Wagner was flying the 1972 Bellanca Super Viking to the nearby Ohio University Airport.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating and Federal Aviation Administration investigators have been dispatched to the scene as well.