2 Colgate University students die in upstate New York plane crash

[Oxman]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...pstate-new-york-plane-crash-article-1.2367877

A Colgate University student piloting a doomed plane sent a distress call shortly after taking off from a Morrisville, N.Y., airport Sunday afternoon, local reports said.

The pilot and a friend, both 19-year-old Colgate students, were instantly killed when their single-engine aircraft smashed into a wooded area bordering a Madison County field.

The first-year students were identified as Ridgefield natives Ryan Adams and Cathryn (Carey) Depuy, a university spokesperson wrote in a statement hours after the rural crash.

It’s not clear who was piloting the plane or why the teens were flying together.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Sucks!

 

[fholbert]

Really sad but the woman in the picture was not in the plane. Another woman was the passenger killed in the crash.

 

[rockman2343@aol.com]

Sucks!

Yup

 

[mshunter]

"Doomed plane," "smashed into a wooded area."

Sensationalism much?

 

[Oxman]

"Doomed plane," "smashed into a wooded area."

Sensationalism much?

The DN loves their sensational words.

 

[moxiepilot]

I noticed the sensationalism too. Just the facts please...

 

[Holocene]

Looks like a case of a student pilot taking up a passenger.

http://www.wktv.com/news/Young_pilo...lane_crash_should_not_have_had_passenger.html

 

[dustoff17]

Looks like a case of a student pilot taking up a passenger.

http://www.wktv.com/news/Young_pilo...lane_crash_should_not_have_had_passenger.html

Wow, this sucks!

 

[Itchy]

Woah. I doubt we will ever know the answer, but my two questions would be: A) Did the passenger know this? and B) How the heck was she able to rent an airplane?
What a shame.

 

[I_Money]

I do not think any of know about the rental agreement, but interestingly enough her dad owns a Malibu. Well owned!

 

[grkero]

"Doomed plane," "smashed into a wooded area."

Sensationalism much?

Straight out of a cut-rate journalism school, it seems.

 

[ChasenSFO]

Looks like a case of a student pilot taking up a passenger.

http://www.wktv.com/news/Young_pilo...lane_crash_should_not_have_had_passenger.html

Woah...not good not good. Damn shame.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I read updated news that she had a fresh Private certificate (the white paper temp copy) and the FAA database wasn't updated yet. In other words, she was legal and had just recently passed the checkride.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

I read updated news that she had a fresh Private certificate (the white paper temp copy) and the FAA database wasn't updated yet. In other words, she was legal and had just recently passed the checkride.

Now that sucks for the examiner. They will be doing a bit of an interview I assume.

 

[trafficinsight]

Now that sucks for the examiner. They will be doing a bit of an interview I assume.

That would depend on why they crashed I would imagine.