Published: May 28, 2020, 8:39 am Updated: May 28, 2020, 9:51 amCAMBRIDGE, Ohio A Michigan man was seriously injured when the small plane he was piloting crashed in eastern Ohio, authorities said.
Paul Emaus, 54, of Hudsonville, was alone in the Beechcraft-35-A33 when it went down around 3 p.m. Wednesday in a field near Route 40 in Cambridge.
Emaus had to be extricated from the aircraft and was being treated at a hospital for serious head injuries.
Witnesses said the single-engine plane was flying low and the engine was making a sputtering noise shortly before the crash occurred in the Guernsey County community.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.