Cathryn “Carey” Depuy and Ryan Adams, both 19, killed in small-plane crash in Morrisville, New York

Modified Date: 
Thu, 03/16/2017 - 8:30am
Accident Date: 
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Plane crash kills 2 students from Colgate University

Two students from Colgate University have been killed after their plane crashed in a wooded area in rural upstate New York.

Plane crash kills freshmen Ryan Adams, Carey Depuy at Colgate University

Sunday with Depuy at the controls of the single-engine Cessna 150, police said. In cross-country, her teammates selected her as one of the captains."She had a great personality," Goetz said. Even when bad things were happening to her, she would still have a smile."Adams graduated from St. He said they had talked about Depuy taking him up in a plane last winter, though it never happened.Depuy had a black belt in martial arts and ran cross-country to train for lacrosse, Goetz said. Monday.The only FAA record of an accident involving the plane that crashed was from 1980, when it veered into a snowbank because the pilot lost control on takeoff, possibly because of a frozen wheel.

Officials Determine Probable Cause of Plane Crash That Killed Two Ridgefielders: Report

The board determined that an "aerodynamic stall" and "total loss of engine power has been determined as the probable cause of a crash that resulted in the death of pilot Catherine Depuy and passenger Ryan Adams.

The deceased are identified as Cathryn “Carey” Depuy and Ryan Adams, both 19, and from Ridgefield, Connecticut. The two had just left Hamilton Municipal Airport when their single-engine plane crashed in Morrisville at 1 p.m. Sunday. Colgate University has postponed or canceled some of Monday’s campus events. A community vigil has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday.
People Involved: 
Cathryn “Carey” Depuy
Ryan Adams

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