David L. Wolery

Article taken from The Hillsboro Press Gazette, April 15, 1974

Airplane Crash Kills 3 Persons At Columbus

Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating the cause of the crash Saturday of a Piper Cherokee 140 that resulted in the deaths of three persons.

The Ohio Highway Patrol identified the victims as Roderick C. Long, 26, Bainbridge, a flight instructor; David L. Wolery, 35, Portsmouth, a student pilot, and William Ray Crater, 36, Dayton a passenger.

A spokesman for the patrol said the aircraft was starting a flight to Portsmouth when it crashed on takeoff and burst into flames.

The plane was owned by the Mid America Pilot School, Columbus.