Authorities say a small, experimental plane struck a tree and crashed into a home's yard near an airport in eastern Ohio airport. The 61-year-old West Virginia pilot at the controls was seriously injured.

The Highway Patrol says in a news release the 1990 Derjager D-IX bi-plane crashed when it lost altitude after taking off from the Columbiana County Airport in East Liverpool, 34 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

The pilot's name is being withheld until family members have been notified.