Missing
Andrew Thomas Fleming
Andrew, approximately 2016; John T. Fleming; John Andrew "Jack" Fleming; Brian Casey
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/29/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Cleveland, Ohio
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/15/2002 (19)
Age at the time of disappearance: 14 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black jacket, a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey with the number 23, and blue jeans.
Medical conditions : Andrew is blind.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Andrew was last seen in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 2016. He boarded a private Cessna Citation 525 plane at Burke Lakefront Airport with his brother, John Robert "Jack" Fleming, their parents, John Thomas Fleming and Suzanne Fleming, a family friend, Brian Casey, and Brian's daughter, Megan Casey.
John, an experienced pilot, was flying. The group had attended a Cleveland Cavaliers game and was on their way home. Photographs of John, Jack and Brian are posted with this case summary.
The last radar contact with the plane was two miles from the Burke Lakefront Airport; it was headed to the Ohio State University airport in Columbus. Only three minutes after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar and crashed into Lake Erie. A subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board determined "pilot spatial disorientation" and pilot fatigue were the probable causes of the accident.
The bodies of Suzanne and Andrew Fleming and Megan Casey were not recovered. They are presumed to have died in the crash.
Andrew was a student at the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus at the time of his death. He was on the school track and swim teams, played baseball in the Miracle Baseball League, a team for disabled children, and competed in the Special Olympics.
Other information and links : ncy
Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office
216-348-4232
Cleveland Police Department
216-623-5318
September 2021 updates and sources
Cuyahoga County Missing Persons
CNN
Fox 6 Now
The Columbus Dispatch
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
