The pilot, Joel W. Lansford, 33, of Fairborn, was alone aboard the Cirrus SR-22 when it reportedly crashed into a hillside about 6 p.m. Tuesday. Lansford died in the crash.
The crash is under investigation.
The other six crashes were:
- March 27, 1998: Xenia native Wayne Cozad's jet-powered airplane went down in a wooded area shortly after taking off. Cozad and a Minnesota man were killed. The Federal Aviation Administration determined the aircraft was flying too low while performing aerobatics.
- Aug. 1, 2001: Paul W. Frank, of Riverside, and Air Force Maj. Charles P. Brothers, of Beavercreek, died after a twin-engine plane crashed in a cornfield in New Jasper Twp., Greene County.
- May 5, 2007: A Beavercreek man survived a hard landing. Investigators said the landing gear on his single-engine plane did not engage and the aircraft came to a skidding stop.
- June 11, 2012: Roger Flowers died not far from the airport when his experimental aircraft fell out of the sky. The veteran Navy pilot was killed on impact.
- Oct. 9, 2013: Federal investigators questioned a pilot and passenger from Alabama after their plane's landing gear collapsed during touchdown. No injuries were reported.
- Oct. 19, 2014: A plane veered off the runway. Investigators said the pilot caught the wing tip on a light and then a hill before the Cessna spun around and came back down. The pilot went to the hospital for treatment.
- Aug. 14, 2015: Troopers blamed pilot error for a crash landing. They said the pilot failed to put the landing gear down. The pilot was not injured.
Staff writer Gabrielle Enright contributed to this story.
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