the front end of the aircraft completely torn off. >> the fuselage, everything has been torn off. the plane is actually wide open at this point. >> i've never felt a force inside the house that strong where it shook the house. >> reporter: electricity knocking out power from chothos clipped power lines, with the bitter cold complicating the recovery. this map showing two d.c.-3s parked at the airfield where today's flight originated. this plane, built in 1942, was reportedly en route to the canton-akron airport for engine testing. >> the d.c.-3 was a great airplane, but this airplane was 75 years old. it was an antique. and when things that that old, they tend to break, sometimes in catastrophic ways. >> so, let's get to david kerley, he's with us live tonight from the scene in ohio. and david, i know the ntsb, the faa would normally be sending teams immediately there to investigate, but tonight they're not on their way right away? >> reporter: at this point, david, neither the ntsb nor the