NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (AP) - A small, two-engine plane crashed in a gravel pit Monday afternoon, killing the pilot and the only passenger, the State Highway Patrol said.

Woodrow E. Williams, 67, and his wife, Evelyn M. Williams, 65, both of Leawood, Kan., died in the crash, State Highway Patrol Lt. Eric Escola said.

The 1966 Piper PA-30 crashed into the property of State Route 416 Sand and Gravel near this city in Tuscarawas County 70 miles south of Cleveland. The plane took off somewhere in Missouri and was headed to Butler, Pa., Escola said.

A witness told the patrol that the plane was headed west at a low altitude when it banked sharply to the left, hit a cliff with its wing and went upside down into the pit.

The victims were found dead inside the wreckage, Escola said.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash. Escola said the weather was ideal for flying with temperatures in the 70s and little wind on a sunny afternoon.