Turbo-prop cargo plane crashes in Toledo, Ohio

· Wednesday, September 11, 2019

[Image: Ohio State Highway Patrol]

A Convair CV-440 cargo plane crashed outside Toledo Express Airport in Ohio Wednesday (Sept. 11) morning, killing the two people on board, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are also investigating the accident. The plane slammed into several parked trucks and was engulfed in flames. According to WTVG 13 in Toledo, the plane took off from Millington, TN.

The 60-year-old twin-engine cargo plane was owned by Barker Aeromotive, Inc., of Laredo, Texas, and was loaded with automotive parts, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

Eric Kulisch

Eric is the Supply Chain and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals and a Silver Medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government and trade coverage, and news analysis. He was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was runner up for News Journalist and Supply Chain Journalist of the Year in the Seahorse Freight Association's 2024 journalism award competition. In December 2022, Eric was voted runner up for Air Cargo Journalist. He won the group's Environmental Journalist of the Year award in 2014 and was the 2013 Supply Chain Journalist of the Year. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. He has appeared on Marketplace, ABC News and National Public Radio to talk about logistics issues in the news. Eric is based in Vancouver, Washington. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com