PORT CLINTON — One person was killed in a plane crash at Erie-Ottawa International Airport today, authorities said.

Authorities have not released the name of the victim, who is believed to be the plane’s pilot and only occupant. Earlier there were believed to be two people confirmed dead.

The single-engine Piper aircraft crashed about 3 p.m. behind the Walmart store, which is near the airport, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Sandusky post said.

The patrol said the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the airport. Surveillance video from Walmart is being used in the investigation and helped reveal that the plane was headed northwest and after a sharp turn to the left, took a nose dive and crashed near State Rte. 163, the patrol said.

No one on the ground was injured, but authorities spread foam near the crash site to contain fuel spilling from the plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.

Port Clinton, in Ottawa County, is about 40 miles east of Toledo.

First Published December 29, 2014, 8:39 p.m.