October 22, 2026
Pictured above is the 2018 Zenith 750 aircraft that crashed at the Union County Airport at 9:59 a.m., Oct. 14. The alleged cause of the crash is a sharp right turn made shortly after the plane took off. (Gazette photo by Kyle Meddles)
Plane crashes at U.C. airport
Pilot survives with minor injuries
By Kyle Meddles, Richwood Gazette
The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a plane crash that occurred at the Union County Airport last week.
The pilot, identified as Bruce Atherton of Marysville, sustained minor injuries in the crash and was transported to Memorial Hospital by the Marysville Fire Department, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.
At 9:59 a.m., Oct. 14, the sheriff’s office’s 911 communications center received a report of a small green plane that had crashed in a wooded area at the airport, 760 Clymer Road. Upon arrival, the aircraft’s tail was elevated in the air in the bushes near the taxiway, while…
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