Authorities have identified the pilot who was killed in the April 1 st airplane crash in Mill Township.
Tuscarawas County Coroner Jeff Cameron says 62-year-old Orville J. Evans of New Philadelphia was piloting the plane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
DNA testing confirmed his identity. The coroner’s report says Evans’ death was accidental and caused by blunt trauma with thermal injury.
New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says a preliminary investigation is complete, but the cause of the crash is still under investigation. He says the 1973 Cessna 310Q fixed wing multi engine plane did not have a flight data recorder.
It had taken off from Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia that Tuesday at 4:40 p.m. and crashed around 5:08 about four miles away in a farm field just across the Tuscarawas River from Five Waters Golf Course. Maier says Evans was the plane’s only occupant.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are still
investigating.
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